Record-breaking storms drenched St. Louis on Tuesday, killing at least one person, causing a lot of people to be caged in vehicles and homes, and spurring road closures, including on the part of Interstate 70, officials said.
Both state and local officials in Missouri have now declared a state of emergency. Sarah Fentem of St. Louis Public Radio reports.
One individual was found dead in an automobile that had become stuck in about eight and a half” feet of water in western St. Louis, city Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson said. The chief said that authorities inspected the vehicle after a caller reported that somebody might be inside and found the body when the waters receded.
In St. Louis, the National Weather Service said that more than 9 inches of rain fell from late Monday to Tuesday, surpassing the city’s highest 24-hour rainfall total, which was 7.02 inches on August 19-20, 1915.
