Record rainfall caused widespread flash flooding across the St. Louis area early Tuesday, killing one person and displacing many others.
O’FALLON, Mo. — Record rainfall caused widespread flash flooding across the St. Louis area early Tuesday, killing one person, displacing many others and prompting rescues from vehicles and homes.
By noon, about 9 inches of rain had fallen at Lambert Airport, demolishing the previous daily record of 6.85 inches set Aug. 20, 1915, when remnants of the Galveston, Texas, hurricane moved north to St. Louis. Forecasters expected more storms through the rest of the week. Across the region, firefighters and other first responders rescued more than 100 people, mostly from vehicles that tried to pass through water-covered roadways.
“You have this swath of up to 10-inch amounts, and a county or two south they had a trace or even less,” Pfahler said.St. Clair County Sheriff's Department
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