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Several flood relief efforts are seeking donations or volunteers in the southwest Illinois and St. Louis regions. Here’s how you can help those affected by flooding.
Around 2:45 p.m., the St. Louis County police responded to a different fatal incident along the same creek in the 1600 block of Avenue H. Police found a man in the creek who was unresponsive. He ...
Flood damage to the MetroLink light rail transit system in St. Louis was estimated at $18–20 million. [36] In St. Peters, ten puppies at an animal rescue shelter died in the flooding. [37] Dardenne Creek in St. Peters rose over 21 feet (6.4 m) into major flood stage over the span of seven hours. [18]
Here’s a glimpse of the Great Flood of 1993’s effects on St. Louis and when else in history the Mississippi River has reached record-setting crests.
The flood washed out all of the bridges in the area—the only links across the river for 200 miles (320 km). While no one was killed, many people on the Missouri side of the river had to drive 80 miles (130 km) to either St. Louis or Burlington, Iowa , fly, or take a ferry to get across the river for several weeks after the waters receded.
Unlike the Great Flood of 1993, which affected this same region, the majority of homes and businesses in Valley Park were protected from the flooding by a new levee built in 2005. [10] In Kentucky, the flooding resulted in scattered road closures and flooded basements. In Covington, city crews used sump pumps to keep high water off the streets ...
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In 1993, Union Electric battled a 500-year flood in the St. Louis metropolitan area from the swollen Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. In 1994, Union Electric shared the industry's Edison Award with Midwest Power Systems , Inc., of Des Moines, Iowa , for their work providing electric service to customers during the 1993 flood disaster.