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River Flooding
4:19 pm
Mon June 3, 2013

Flooding Forces Evacuation In West Alton, Communities Fight Rising Waters Across The Region

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Credit (Chris McDaniel/St. Louis Public Radio)
Volunteers try to fight against flooding at Riverlands Way in West Alton, Mo. on June 4, 2013.
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Sand bags are assembled by volunteers at Riverlands Way in West Alton on June 4, 2013. Several of the volunteers' homes and land were very close to the flooding.
Credit (Photo courtesy of Mike Ziegler)
Highway K leading into Kimmswick, Mo., is almost completely underwater - a familiar sight up and down the Mississippi River.
Credit Marshall Griffin/St. Louis Public Radio
A parking lot for state workers just west of the Mo. Capitol in Jefferson City is currently closed due to flood waters.
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Developing Story, will be updated

Updated at 10:35 a.m. Thursday, June 6:

MSD says the Mississippi River has dropped enough to turn the pumps back on at Watkins Creek, ending the discharge of untreated wastewater into the river. The agency is asking that residents continue to avoid floodwaters in the area of the station, which is in the 11000 block of Riverview in Spanish Lake.

Updated at 2:30 p.m. with information from MSD:

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Flooding
5:01 pm
Fri May 3, 2013

No Relief For Swollen Rivers With Four Inches Of Rain Forecast For The Weekend

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A storm system that's dropping snow on the western half of the state will bring up to four inches of rain to the St. Louis area by Sunday.

But don't expect much in the way of flash flooding, says National Weather Service hydrologist Mark Fuchs.

"We're not necessarily expecting flash flooding in the classic sense - where you see a very quick rising water coming down the stream," Fuchs said. "But with that being said, there will be some roads in poor drainage areas that could go underwater."

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