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Incredible when you think about that amount of rain and when we saw the pictures of the highway completed flooded out. with all the rain we already have, we're looking at because over 400 river gauge, not just in this region but we're also see the along the. by the time we get into mid to late january, we're still looking at potential flooding. here's the crest we're expecting today, term limit, and into saturday. luckily in this case we're not going o get all the way up to 49.6 but in st. louis, the danger looms. and also record rainful for 61.24 inches. i mentioned the rain in the southeast....

And as you heard a lot of the deaths that occurred were people in vehicles. so i just can't encourage you enough if you see any water covering a roadway, do not attempt to drive it, even if you're familiar with the area. you don't know how deep the water is. that's one of the reasons it's so dangerous. there is so much rain on the ground because since this year as we wrap up the year, st. louis is one manufacture cities that has seen record rainfall. and because we've seen so much rain, 61.24 inches, we've had a lot of moisture in the area. when you have warmer temperature and more moisture, y...

Illinois is next on friday. and cape girardeau in the southeast corner of the state also unfortunately facing floods. and it's not a coincidence that you see 1993 on all of the boxes. that's the last time we saw an epic, monumental flood event like this. so it's very unfortunate that we're facing this in the days to come. here's a closer look at the mississippi river in st. louis. the forecast for tomorrow, 43.1. this takes us well above major flood clg is considered 40 feet. and the record level once again in 1993 was 49.6. so we're looking at that. i just want to also point out that it's bee...