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13 people die and 10 million more are under flood warning as rising Mississippi River ravages parts of the Midwest
13 people die and 10 million more are under flood warning as rising Mississippi River ravages parts of the Midwest
- Parts of Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Tennessee remain under flood warning on Sunday
- At least 13 people have died due to massive flooding caused by torrential rains that hit the region on Thursday
- National Weather Service issued flood warnings affecting 10 million people in areas near Mississippi River
At least 13 people have died due to flooding in the Midwest, authorities said Saturday as up to 10 million people living across six states remain under flood warning.
Weather experts said over the weekend that several areas along the Mississippi River were likely to see near-record crests, according to CNN.
The river’s rise was likely to affect towns in places like Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky and Tennessee.
Residents of towns in southern Illinois and southeast Missouri girded for record high crests that surpassed 45 feet.
So far, six people in Missouri and seven people in Arkansas have died due to the flooding.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the 69-year-old man was trying to cross a flooded road across Dry Fork Creek when his car was swept away Thursday night.
The main channel of the White River, bottom, flows out to adjacent land, top, as traffic flows over the Highway 38 bridge in Des Ark, Arkansas on Friday
Des Arc High School freshman Sam Loyd tosses a sandbag on a pile as he and classmates fill the bags in preparation for anticipated rising water along Main Street in downtown Des Ark on Friday
His body was recovered several hours later.
Heavy downpours that started last weekend have caused waterways to surge in Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois and other states.
Many rivers are subsiding and some evacuated residents are being allowed to return home, though the Mississippi River is still rising in some areas.
The surging waters prompted the US Coast Guard to close a 77-mile stretch of the river in southern Illinois from Chester to Cairo late Thursday.
So far, six people in Missouri and seven people in Arkansas have died due to the flooding. The Lewis & Clark statue titled ‘The Captain’s Return’ lies partially submerged in Mississippi River floodwater along Leonor K. Sullivan Boulevard in St. Louis
The north expansion of the Arch grounds in St. Louis is flooded by the Mississippi River as it reaches 41.6 feet on Friday
A duck shakes itself as it bathes over a flooded section of the Mississinewa River Walkway in Marion, Indiana, on Friday
A motorist turns around after encountering high water from the Mississinewa River.
Many rivers are subsiding and some evacuated residents are being allowed to return home, though the Mississippi River is still rising in some areas. Floodwaters are seen above surging over the Charles Mill dam in Marion, Indiana
Monica Darris prepares to enter McSpadden Funeral Home in Van Buren, Missouri, to look for her relative’s ashes that were still inside the building when the flood hit. ‘I’m going to go in there and see if I can’t see him again,’ Darris said
Nicole Baue looks across flood waters in their neighborhood in Pacific, Missouri. Baue and her wife are staying at a Red Cross relief center while they wait to see their house again
Community members wait for flooding to recede on South Central Avenue in Eureka, Missouri, earlier this week
Ruined merchandise and food cover the floor of Fred’s supermarket in Doniphan, Missouri. The manager of the supermarket, Lisa Jamison, said the losses from flooding damage were between $650,000 and $700,000
An ornamental front yard goose is seen wearing a life jacket near West Alton, Missouri, a town that was evacuated on Thursday due to concerns that the Missouri River levee may be topped
Two Alton Public Works Department employees, right, talk while monitoring the Mississippi River flood levels on the other side of a flood wall on West Broadway in Alton, Illinois
The painted black line on the mill behind them, which is taller than they are, marks the level water reached on the mill during the worst flooding in Alton’s history in 1993
About 14.5 miles were closed earlier this week in St. Louis.
The closures mean barges carrying agricultural goods and other products have been sidelined.
It’s unclear when the spans will reopen, though crests are expected along the river this weekend in communities south of St. Louis.
But there was encouraging news in an evacuated eastern Missouri town on Friday, where local officials were confident the area would stay dry even as more sandbags were piled on top of levees.
West Alton’s 500 residents live near the confluence of the Missouri and the Mississippi rivers – the nation’s two largest rivers – about 20 miles north of St. Louis.
Both rivers were at major flood stage and water was seeping over levees at West Alton, but emergency manager Gary Machens was confident the levees would hold.
‘We’re not going to lose it,’ Machens said, though he acknowledged it was touch and go.
‘When you get water running over the levee, it’s pretty serious.’
Elsewhere in eastern Missouri, residents of a levee-protected part of Valley Park began returning home Friday.
They were evacuated Monday amid concerns the levee might not hold, but the area stayed dry.
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