Flooding in the St. Louis area is expected to be the worst since 1993, but improvements since then could mitigate some of the damage
Mississippi River towns are preparing for the highest round of flooding so far in a record wet spring, with river levels in St. Louis and surrounding areas swelling to their second-highest points on record.
“It is soaked, and more rain is on the way,” said Mark Fuchs, senior service hydrologist with the National Weather Service in St. Louis. “We’re hoping that the crests we’re seeing right now is all that we will have to deal with.”
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