TODAY
TODAY IS
TODAY IS MAJOR FLOODING ALONG
THE
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. FOR THAT, WE GO BACK TO THE STUDIO TO 4@MORGAN YOUNG.
>>> THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER 4@
CONTINUES TO RISE.
SOME 4@AREAS ARE STILL DAYS AWA
FROM THE CREST.
THE RIVER THE RIVER IS
OVERTOPPING AND BREAKING LEVEES
AS FLOODWATERS MAKE THEIR WAY
DOWNSTREAM.
TODAY GOVERNOR MIKE PARSON TOOK
A TOUR OF AREAS WHERE THERE
HAVE BEEN A DOZEN WATER
RESCUES.
>> LAST NIGHT THE RIVER
BREACHED THE PIN OAK LEVY 4@THA
PROTECTS WINFIELD.
TODAY THE ENTIRE TOWN IS
FLOODED.
WE HAVE COVERAGE FROM LINCOLN
COUNTY.
>> REPORTER: WE HAVE SEEN SO
MUCH COVERAGE OF WATER ACROSS
GOODBYE STATE THAT IT IS SO
HARD TO BELIEVE THAT A SITE
LIKE THIS ONE WHERE WATER IS
COMING UP AROUND HOUSES 4@
COVERING ROADS, BLOCKING CARS
AND DRIVEWAYS 4@-- HARD TO
BELIEVE THAT JUST SUNDAY
AFTERNOON, THIS WAS DRY.
THE WHOLE FLOODED AREA IS A
RESULT OF A FAILED LEVY.
ALL THE WATER 4@SPILLING OVER T
TOP. 4@
THE PIN 4@OAK LEVEE FAILED IN
FOUR PLACES PARTIALLY BECAUSE
OF DEBRIS PILING UP AGAINST THE
LEVY -- LEVEE FROM THE STORMS
OVER THE WEEKEND AND BECAUSE OF
STRUCTURAL ISSUES.
IN THIS AREA, THE WATER IS THE
HIGHEST IT HAS BEEN SINCE 1993
BECAUSE OF THE INFAMOUS FLOODS @
THAT YOUR.
THE FIRE CHIEF AND 4@MONROE SAI
THE TREND FOR BREACHING IN
MULTIPLE PLACES LIKE IT DID CAN
ACTUALLY HELP WATER LEVELS
ELSEWHERE AND HELP PREVENT SOME
OF THE OVERALL DAMAGE FROM
BEING AS BAD.
BUT IT IS NOT THAT MUCH BETTER
BECAUSE HE SAYS IT IS 4@STILL
MORE BAD NEWS AND GOOD NEWS TO
REPORT.
>> THE RIVERS ARE SUPERHIGH.
WATER HAS BEEN ON THE LEVEES
SINCE APRIL.
IT IS A LONG TIME FOR WATER TO
SIT ON LEVEE4@S. 4@
EVERYONE IS CONCERNED AT THIS
POINT BECAUS4@E THE WATER IS SO
HIGH AND HAS BEEN HERE FOR 4@A
WHILE.
>> REPORTER: SOMETIMES PEOPLE
THINK WHEN THE WATER 4@LEVELS
CREST, YOU CAN BREATHE A SIGH
OF RELIEF BECAUSE THAT 4@IS AS @
BAD AS IT WILL GET.
THAT IS NOT REALLY THE CASE FOR
PEOPLE LIVING IN THESE
COMMUNITIES BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS
THE WATER STICKING AROUND FOR
QUITE SOME TIME BUT 4@WITH THE
RAIN EXPECTED IN THE FORECAST
LATER THIS WEEK, THEY HAVE A
LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE THINGS
ARE REALLY GOOD 4@4@TO GO GO.
REPORTING
REPORTING FROM WINFIELD, ABBY LLORICO, FIVE ON YOUR SIDE.
>>> LET'S LOOK ACROSS THE
RIVER IN GRAFTON.
RAGING RIVERS IS SUPPOSED TO BE
FULL OF TOURISTS THIS TIME OF
THE YEAR.
THE YEAR.
THE YEAR. TODAY IT IS EMPTY AS THE RIVER
OVERTAKES IT.
OVERTAKES IT. THE MISSISSIPPI IS EXPECTED TO
CREST THURSDAY IN 4@GRAFTON.
ABOUT 2 FEET SHORT OF THE
RECORD FROM THE 1993 4@FLOODING
>> DOWNRIVER AND ALTON, YOU
CAN SEE HOW CLOSE THE RIVER IS
TO THE 1993 RECORD WHERE THE
RED LINE IS. 4@
THE RIVER IS FORECASTED TO
CREST THERE ABOUT TWO AND A
HALF FEET FROM THAT 4@MARK.
>> IN ST. LOUIS, THE RIVER IS
EXPECT IT TO CREST THIS
THURSDAY, 3 FEET SHY OF THE 93
RECORD.
RECORD.
RECORD. THE HIGH WATER HAS CAUSED
PROBLEMS FOR BUSINESSES ON THE
RIVERFRONT.
RIVERFRONT. BRANDON MERANO CONTINUES TEAM
COVERAGE LIVE FROM THE ARCH 4@
GROUNDS AND IS GIVING US A LOOK
AT JUST HOW HIGH THE WATER IS
GETTING.
GETTING.
GETTING. BRANDON.
BRANDON.
BRANDON. >> REPORTE4@R: 4@ MORGAN, I WAN
YOU TO LOOK AT THIS.
THE WATER HERE AT THE ARCH
GROU4@NDS, JUST STEPS AWAY FROM
THE HISTORIC 4@MARK THAT HIT 49
FEET IN THE FLOOD OF 1993.
TODAY, THE ARCH GROUNDS WERE
FLOODED WITH TOURISTS.
NOT JUST FOR THE ARCH BUT TO
GET A LOOK AT ALL THE WATER
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. I
HERE. I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME VIDEO
FROM SKY5 EARLIER TODAY FROM
THE LACLEDE POWER COMPANY NEAR
THE LANDING. 4@
WATER HAS NOW MADE ITS WA4@Y ON
TO ROADS THERE.
AND AT THE ARCH GROUNDS, WATER
CAN BE SEEN SLOWLY MAKING ITS
WAY UP THE STEPS NEARING THE 4@
1993 FLOOD PLAQUE. 4@
BUSINESSES ARE BUSY PUMPING
WATER OUT OF FLOODED BASEMENTS.
THIS IS ALL BEFORE THE 4@
MISSISSIPPI IS EXPECTED TO
REAC4@H 4@THE CREST AT 46 FEET
THURSDAY.
THURSDAY.
THURSDAY. TODAY THE ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS AND THE COAST GUARD
TALKED ABOUT THEIR BIGGEST
PROBLEM FIGHTING THIS FLOOD.
>> PROLONGED TIME OF THE
WATER ON THE LEVEE 4@SYSTEM
ITSELF.
ITSELF.
ITSELF. WE ALWAYS WANT TO TAKE THE
OPPORTUNITY 4@4@TO INSPECT THE
LEVEES POST FLOOD BUT IT IS
HARD TO INSPECT THE LEVEE
DURING THE FLOOD WHEN WATER IS @
SO HIGH.
SO HIGH.
SO HIGH. >> REPORTER: YOU MIGHT 4@
REMEMBER YESTERDAY, HOT WATER
GOT CUT OFF FROM BUSCH STADIUM @
AND A COUPLE OF HOTELS
DOWNTOWN.
DOWNTOWN.
DOWNTOWN. AS WELL AS OTHER BUSINESSES.
I TALKED TO THE SEWER
DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON TODAY.
HE SAID THE HOTELS AND BUSCH
STADIUM SHOULD BE FIXED BY THE
END OF THE NIGHT AND EVERYONE
ELSE AFFECTED SHOULD HAVE HOT
WATER BACK BY 4@WEDNESDAY.
LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN, BRANDON
MERANO, FIVE ON