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Standing in valley park, missouri, along the meramec river, which is a little ways to the north. this is highway 141 where we're standing. looks more like a boat launch, but the river is finally crested. did that yesterday. and now the water's going down. we've come down more than six feet. yesterday the water was about a foot below that green sign right there. so the water definitely coming down little by little. still a long way to go. interstate 44 though right there behind me it is back open after being closed for several days because water was on top of the interstate. so that's good news...

Interstate 44 and believe it or not the water has gone down considerably actually. it's gone down almost six feet if you can believe it. but we still have a long, long way to go. it is going to be at least until tomorrow or sunday before things start to look a little closer to normal where we are. right around st. louis though, the mississippi river there is cresting now. will most likely do that throughout the entire day so the water is still very, very high. a lot of places still vulnerable. you are talking about the levee concerns. they evacuated people in that area a couple of days ago and...

About 12 or 13 more feet to make this area look a little more normal. interstate 44 right there, the bridge right over highway 141. interstate 44 is shut down and will be so most likely through tomorrow. highway 141 could possibly be shut down until monday or tuesday. not to mention, bring an narks we've been talking about the water treatment facility that was flooded. so we have untreated sewage that is flowing into this river. and so as this water goes down, they are going to have a lot of cleanup. there's going to be sewage, we also have seen a lot of trash dumps floating by not to mention ...

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Is live in valley park, missouri. what's it like there. >> it's a very dangerous one tonight because the weather is freezing as is the water behind me. so anyone who did not heed the warnings of the that dan tore evacuation or any of the thousands of emergency workers who have to be near or on this water face a very life threatening situation. we are standing in front of the intersection of 44 and route 141, if you can see some the street signs poking out and some of the traffic lights, water has been inching closer and closer to the top of those traffic lights all day. you could see the overp...