Haddington Court Residents Pack Up Amid Flood Buyout

Families are preparing to leave the Haddington Court neighborhood in Clayton as part of a flood buyout program, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Sunday.

"The force behind the Haddington Court buyout is Black Creek, which runs just east of the neighborhood. Normally Black Creek is little more than a trickle before disappearing into a storm sewer under the nearby St. Louis Galleria. During heavy rain, it changes character," the Post-Dispatch article states.

Three families already have left the neighborhood, the article states.

Read the full story on the Post-Dispatch's website.

More about the story on Clayton-Richmond Heights Patch:

• A from the Clayton Board of Aldermen on Aug. 9.

• The city for the buyout in June.

• One Haddington Court resident at a February meeting.

• A for Haddington Court in January.