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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...

Rare. some very strong wording coming from the nationl weather service in st. louis. wanting to emphasize out of the series of floods we had, interstate 44, interstate 55 and interstate 93 have been shutdown for a period of time. that never happened during the flood of 1993 in the same area or december flooding of 1982. so when you are trying to grasp the magnitude of this storm, understand we will no longer be comparing to the previous storms. this storm is the benchmark going forward. if there were ever any flooding events. we still have more than a dozen states dealing with flood watches an...

It might not be. leland: we find math in south along the mississippi from the arch. what is the situation right now? >> reporter: this road has become the front line of this flood battle because it is one of the last main roads open in this area allowing drivers to go north or south. this row is hanging on by a thread. a few feet of dry road left in which these drivers can head north or south because interstate 55 directly parallel to us is closed in both directions and 150 road closures in this area. to give you the magnitude of the flooding to the left there's a football field entirely under...

Worst you're expecting. >> so in missouri, we have received anywhere from 10 inches to a foot of rape over the last couple of days. and we're dealing with rising rivers all across the state of missouri. we currently have over 225 roads that are closed in the state and our worst situation is that interstate 44 is closed in the middle of the state. and we're expecting a spot on interstate 44 to close in st. louis before morning. and those two closures op interstate 44 are making it not only very difficult to get around missouri, but also very difficult for traveler s trying to get through our st...

Valley park. jennifer gray is there. you heard elena. two feet higher than the '93 flood. what are we expecting where you are? >> we should break the record by about three feet here we are expected to crest between 6:00 a.m. tonight and tomorrow morning. we are already at 40 and expected to go to 43 by tonight. it is a little misleading because it is not raining at all and you think of floods, you think of rain. but the waters are still rising all around here. and will continue to do so for the next couple of days. look behind me. these are major thorough fairs for the entire country. intersta...