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The aviary in Ventnor Park. Pictures of the budgies, including one with an elongated beak, and another with short tail feathers, by Izzy Stritton. ONGOING concerns about the welfare of the budgies in an aviary in Ventnor Park have been raised again by locals. But the man looking after the birds, who is part of Ventnor Enhancement Fund but cares for them voluntarily in his own time, outlined the care they receive and disputed claims the aviary is too small. Izzy Stritton, 14, who lives nea...

His own, attacking cruz as a white class texas senator. >> ted cruz is wonderful at reading fairy tales on the senate floor. >> sam i am. >> santorums upset caucus win in 2012 is a legend. hes been saying that it wasnt up until the last three days that supporters made up their minds and its an indication of things to come. up next, a sour start in the new year on wall street. fox 2 in st. louis where recovery efforts continue after historic flooding. in arnold, officials are giving residents s...

Missouri, with the latest. matt? reporter: good morning, guys. in arnold, 200 homes are affected or destroyed by flooding. the mayor said this is the worst natural disaster he has ever seen. the river is still raging, creeping up on to this road, nearly destroying this home, probably saved by sandbagging efforts. damage is done and cleanup pins pins -- begins. there are pumps all over town. it is cold here. a lot of floodwater turns to ice on streets and sidewalks. river crested high of 4feet. i...

We just dont know. its, my house smells, sewage. i dont think that will ever come out of there. reporter: police in arnold said they used 140,000 sand backs to try to fight off the flood but all the sandbags are under water. they did not stand a chance against mother nature. many people in this area comparing it to the flood of 1993. that is considered a one in 500 year event. many neighbors we talked with said this one is worse. multiple states affected by this dissass telephoner national weath...

But it certainly is here. these temperatures are going to stay a little bit below normal. pump up by the weeken and go down, so theyll fluctuate between upper 30s and low 40s. life as people know it in st. louis is over with for the next week or so. i want to take you across the meramec river. notorious for flooding quickly. eureka, which is essentially cut off. valley park where the river has crested at historic level. we talked with the mayor at fent fenton. arnold, the river will crest that l...

Levels. theyre breaking those records. today officially the benchmark for future floodings and what were seeing. we learned a second wastewater treatment plant has breached, releasing untreated waste into those floodwaters, complicating the potential and future clean-up. well have the forecast in a moment. first, we want to go to martin savidge in the city of arnold. it just seems poor folks cannot get a break. >> reporter: they cant. its not just arnold, its many communities in this year. you c...

The most difficult part of all of this deborah, good morning to you. you mentioned you have that problem there on 44. also a shut down of 95. that is a major artery here, a nightmare for commuters. which means they are struggling to keep this open, a bridge over the meramec river. in arnold, highway 61. this is one of the last ways to get across that river in this region. and even though now the river has clearly begun to infringe on the roadways here and people are driving through, it is the on...