Missouri Flooding: Mississippi Will Crest In St. Louis Next Week

ST. LOUIS, MO — Floodwaters have closed about 80 low-lying roads north of St. Louis as rivers and creeks continue to rise, state officials say. Nearly two dozen counties are under a flood warning, the Associated Press reports, and National Weather Service forecasters say they expect the Mississippi River to crest sometime next week.

The Army Corps of Engineers has activated its Emergency Operations Center ahead of expected flooding farther down river, and flood gates in St. Louis and Cape Girardeau are expected to close soon.

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The National Weather Service said it expects at least one residential area in St. Joseph and railroad tracks in Napoleon to be underwater by the time the river crests. The Platte and Grand rivers are also flooding, and farm levees are in danger of being breached, according to reporting from the Associated Press.

The Associated Press contributed to this reporting.

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