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[internetwolf]

http://www.weather.com/safety/floods/news/plains-midwest-flooding-news-mississippi-river-st-louis

Residents in several areas have already been pushed out of their homes by rising floodwaters, and the impacts are only expected to worsen in the coming days. The floods have already been responsible for at least 17 deaths in the Plains and Midwest.

Late Tuesday morning, the Mississippi River had begun to overtop levees just north of West Alton, Missouri, St. Charles County EMA reported. Officials were directing residents of West Alton to evacuate immediately. A flash flood warning issued by the National Weather Service said the floodwaters could inundate much of the area in and near West Alton. The levee breach occurred in an area about 20 miles north of St. Louis.

Up and down the Mississippi River, one of several rivers rising rapidly across the region, crews worked quickly to prepare sandbags and check levees to ensure they were ready to lessen the effects of the flooding, however possible.

"This is probably one of the earliest (times) we've seen flooding on the Mississippi River," said Marty Pope, senior service hydrologist with the National Weather Service office in Jackson, Mississippi, during a Monday news conference with Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant.

It is more than just West Alton. Parts of Interstate 70 are /were under water in St.Charles county, I-44 and parts of local highway 141 are also submerged in southwest St.Louis county.
http://www.kmov.com/story/30835450/eb-i-70-closed-in-st-charles-county#.VoA1egkRONA.facebook

http://www.kmov.com/story/30835806/state-of-emergency-declared-for-st-charles-county

Keep safe guys!

 

[liquidspeed]

http://www.weather.com/safety/floods/news/plains-midwest-flooding-news-mississippi-river-st-louis

Keep safe guys!

It is more than just West Alton. Parts of Interstate 70 are /were under water in St.Charles county, I-44 and parts of local highway 141 are also submerged in southwest St.Louis county.
http://www.kmov.com/story/30835450/eb-i-70-closed-in-st-charles-county#.VoA1egkRONA.facebook

http://www.kmov.com/story/30835806/state-of-emergency-declared-for-st-charles-county

 

[TumblingHippo]

With news stories like this, we need more regulations to make sure scientists don't study why all of this is happening.

 

[internetwolf]

It is more than just West Alton. Parts of Interstate 70 are /were under water in St.Charles county, I-44 and parts of local highway 141 are also submerged in southwest St.Louis county.
http://www.kmov.com/story/30835450/eb-i-70-closed-in-st-charles-county#.VoA1egkRONA.facebook

http://www.kmov.com/story/30835806/state-of-emergency-declared-for-st-charles-county

thnx added your info to the OP

 

[liquidspeed]

With news stories like this, we need more regulations to make sure scientists don't study why all of this is happening.

Lol... yea, The Mississippi river is likely to hit its 2nd highest crest ever,only'93 will surpass it.
The world is now more than 1 degree Celsius warmer than the 1750s and so there is 7-8 percent more water vapor in the atmosphere. In addition, research from Australian civil engineers concluded that not only is there more moisture available to storms but that it is more concentrated, and the concentration increases with temp. ie , if a storm were to have just as much precip as 1 century ago, that precip will fall faster over a smaller area.

We also have one of the strongest El Ninos on record... Sea surface temp anamalies reached 3.1 C above normal in the equatorial pacific, surpassing the '98 max of 2.8 C. This is also having a large effect