OR
OR THE
OR THE METRO4@ SERVICE, THEY HO TO BE BACK ON TIME TOMORROW.
>> FLASH FLOODING4@ CAUSES MAJO
PROBLEMS ACROSS OUR 4@AREA,
INCLUDING AT APARTMENTS IN
UNIVERSITY CITY.
UNIVERSITY CITY. WESTOVER APARTMENTS HAD TO
EVACUATE, BECAUSE OF FLOODING.
PEOPLE WERE RUSHED TO A NEARBY
SHELTER, REPORTED TRACY, WILL4@
TAKE US THROUGH THAT DAMAGE AND
ITS EFFECTS, IN JUST A FEW
MINUTES.
MINUTES.
MINUTES. >>> THE HEAVIEST RAIN HIT
SUDDENLY RIGHT AROUND THE
MORNING COMMUTE.
MORNING COMMUTE. CARS WERE STRANDED IN THE WATER
ALONG MARY VIEW DRIVE.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUND SIX
OF THEM BETWEEN4@ 7 AM AND 9 AM
FIREFIGHTERS HAD TO RESCUE AT
LEAST FOUR PEOPLE.
>> THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
RECORDED RAINFALL TOTALS OF
MORE THAN FOUR INCHES IN ST.
LOUIS, AND OTHER CITIES AROUND
THE BISTATE.
THE BISTATE. BUT, EUREKA HAD ONE OF THE
HIGHEST TOTALS.
HIGHEST TOTALS. 5 1/2 INCHES.
FLASH FLOODING 4@SOAKED ABOUT O
DOZEN BUSINESSES THERE, AND
SUBMERGED4@4@4@ SEVERAL CARS.
>>> THE FLOODING DIDN'T STOP
THERE IN THE CHESTERFIELD AREA,
THERE WERE SIX 4@CALLS FOR HELP
THIS MORNING, AND FOR WATER
RESCUES.
RESCUES.
RESCUES. >> SARAH IS LIVE NOW WITH
MOORE, AND SARAH, WHAT DO WE
KNOW ABOUT THESE RESCUES?
>> Reporter: LUCKILY, EVERYBODY
WAS OKAY.
WAS OKAY.
WAS OKAY. INCLUDING A 4@MOM AND HER YOUNG
KID, WHO WE4@RE RESCUED.4@
THEY SAY MOST OF THE PROBLEMS
WERE AROUND CREEKS AND DRAINAGE
DITCHES.
DITCHES.
DITCHES. I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF
JUST HOW MUCH WATER WE ARE 4@
TALKING ABOUT.
TALKING ABOUT. LOOK AT THIS AREA BEHIND US
OVER HERE.
OVER HERE. YOU WILL SEE THE BRIDGE AND
THEN WAY BELOW IT, THE CREEK. 4@
THAT WATER WAS UP OVER THE
BRIDGE EARLIER TODAY,4@ JUST ON
OF THE SPOTS WHERE SOMEBODY HAD
TO BE RESCUED.
WE ALSO DO HAVE A PHOTO FROM
THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
THAT THEY SHARED WITH US, THIS
IS THE SPOT WHERE THEY HAD TO
RESCUE THAT 4@MOMMY AND HER
CHILD.
CHILD.
CHILD. AGAIN, LUCKILY EVERYBODY IS
OKAY.
OKAY.
OKAY. AS
OKAY. AS FAST AS THAT WATER CAME, IT
RECEDED BACK INTO THE CREEK. 4@@
SOME HOMEOWNERS SAID THAT SPOT
IS KNOWN TO FLOOD AND IT WAS
CLOSED LAST WEEK FOR HIGH
WATERS.
WATERS.
WATERS. FIREFIGHTERS ASKED, DO YOU KNOW
YOUR OWN ROAD.
AROUND FOR HIGH WATER AND IF
YOU SEE ANYTHING, 4@TURN AROUND
DON'T DROWN.
DON'T DROWN. THEY SAY THIS MORNING THEY 4@
CERTAINLY SAW A STRAIN ON THE
RESOURCES WHEN THEY WERE HEADED
ALL OVER THE DISTRICT.
>> THE WEST END, THE EAST END,4
IT STARTS TO SPREAD THE
RESOURCES BEEN.
RESOURCES BEEN. SOME OF OUR GUYS WERE RUNNING
RIGHT CALL ONE CALL RIGHT TO 4@
THE NEXT.4@
THE NEXT.4@ >> Reporter: LIKE WE SAID, THIS
IS4@ JUST ONE OF THE MANY PROBL@
AROUND.
AROUND.
AROUND. WE TALKED TO A HOMEOWNER ABOUT
ISSUES THAT SHE IS4@ SEEING 4@I
HER 4@NEIGHBORHOOD, WE ARE STIL
WORKING ON THAT STORY FOR
TONIGHT AT 6 PM.
WE WILL HAVE 4@MORE AT THAT TIM
RIGHT NOW LIVE IN CHESTERFIELD,
SARAH, 5 ON YOUR SIDE.
>> WE CONTINUE OUR TEAM
COVERAGE OF THE FLASH FLOODS
WITH TRACY, LIVE AT THAT
APARTMENT COMPLEX.
APARTMENT COMPLEX. >> TRACY SAYS SOME PEOPLE WHO
LIVE THERE WILL NOT BE GOING
HOME TONIGHT.
HOME TONIGHT. >> Reporter: I AM 4@AT THE
WESTOVER APARTMENTS, WHERE I AM
TOLD THAT MOST OF THE BODYING4@
BOTTOM FLOOR UNITS HAVE BEEN
CONDEMNED, SO THOSE PEOPLE WILL
NOT BE RETURNING HOME TODAY.
AFTER THIS VERY 4@QUICK FLOODIN
EVENT, THERE WERE ALSO FLOOD
CREWS ON SITE NEARLY ALL DAY 4@
LONG, THEY JUST LEFT, TRYING TO
SALVAGE ANYTHING THEY COULD 4@
FROM THIS VERY QUICK FLOODING.4
THE SUN WAS BARELY UP WHEN THIS
COMPLEX WAS SURROUNDED BY 4@FLA
FLOODING.
FLOODING.
FLOODING. THE SWIFT WATER FLOATED PARK
CARS AWAY, EVEN MOVING THE
LARGE DUMPSTER TO 4@THE NEXT
STREET OVER.
STREET OVER. NEIGHBORS TELL ME FLASH 4@
FLOODING IS A PROBLEM FOR THIS
COMPLEX AND THAT PEOPLE ON THE
BOTTOM FLOOR, HAVE HAD TO MOVE
OUT BEFORE,4@ BECAUSE OF FLOOD
RELATED ISSUES.
RELATED ISSUES. THEY ALSO SAID THIS TIME WAS
FASTER THAN EVER BEFORE.
I TALKED TO A FEW RESIDENTS WHO
WERE OUT EARLY FOR A WALK, AND
THEY SAID THE RIVER REPAIRS
HOLD THEM.
HOLD THEM. >> THE WATER RECEDED.
THEN IT WENT BACK UP, I WENT TO
GO GET BREAKFAST AND WITHIN 10
MINUTES, CARS WERE JUST 4@MOVED
JUST MOVED UP 4@AND FLOODED.
IT WAS SAD.
>> Reporter:4@4@ THE FLOODWATER
RECEDED AS QUICKLY AS IT ROSE,
AND ALMOST AS SOON AS THEY
NEEDED HELP, THE RED CROSS WAS
THERE, THEY TRANSPORTED PEOPLE
TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY CENTER
AND THEN THEY 4@4@WERE ON SITE
LATER IN THE DAY, GIVING PEOPLE
RESOURCES FOR THOSE WHO DON'T
HAVE A PLACE TO 4@STAY TONIGHT.
IN UNIVERSITY CITY, I AM TRACY,
5 ON YOUR SIDE.
>> WE ARE IN THE WEATHER CEDAR4
WEATHER
WEATHER CENTER. YOU SAID THIS WAS 4@KIND OF FREAKISH.
>> FLASH FLOODING LIKE THIS TO
GET THIS TO HAPPEN YOU HAVE TO
HAVE A LOT OF THINGS COMING
TOGETHER.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAD WHAT IS
A LOT OF MOISTURE.
YOU KNOW HOW HUMID IT WAS.
IF YOU TAKE THE ATMOSPHERE ALL
THE WAY UP TO 4@THE TOP OF THE
ATMOSPHERE WE ARE 4@TALKING ABO
WHAT WE CALL PERCEPTIBLE WATER,
TWO INCHES OR MORE, AND IT WAS
CENTERED RIGHT OVER OUR AREA.
A COUPLE 4@OF THINGS.
WE HAD AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS
THAT CAME OUT OF THE OZARKS.
THAT WAS OUR 4@ENERGY SWINGING
FORWARD, AND IT AS IT WAS
SLIDING ACROSS4@ TO OURSELVES4@
THAT ENHANCED THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ST.
LOUIS AREA, VERY EARLY THIS
MORNING, AS WE HAD THE UPPER-
LEVEL FRONT, APPROACHING FROM
THE NORTH AND WEST, WHAT THAT
ENDED UP DOING WAS GIVING US
WIDESPREAD TO THE SIX INCH
RAINFALL AMOUNTS4@ AND A FEW
PLACES LIKE GRANITE CITY HAD 6
1/2 INCHES OF