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extreme storms have given way to swollen rivers. missouri governor has activated the national guard to assist rescue operations. here with the latest. reporter: in the missouri, flood waters and fear are both on the rise. residents in the town of union hope sandbug bags would save their community. rising waters have left some stranded. one had to be rescued from the roof of his home. before i knewewt i was overwhelmed. reporter: this has been the wettest december on record in st. louis and missouri is under a state of emergencyyovernor jay nixon has called in the national guard and warned residents that the threat is far from over. now that the rain has moved out, the threat has changed but especially along mississippi river. reporter: and there arewauts in the southeast. and in alabama up to 14 inches of rain fell in some areas. some 14 million americans are now under flood watches. meanwhile, good news out of texas. a family whose home was destroyed during ....
30 years. at least 13 people have died as extreme storms have given way to swollen rivers. missouri governor has activated the national guard to assist rescue operations. here with the latest. reporter: in the missouri, flood waters and fear are both on the rise. residents in the town of union hope sandbug bags would save their community. rising waters have left some stranded. one had to be rescued from the roof of his home. before i knew it i was overwhelmed. reporter: this has been the wettest december on record in st. louis and missouri is under a state of emergency governor jay nixon has called in the national guard and warned residents that the threat is far from over. now that the rain has moved it is not by any means over, especially along mississippi river. reporter: and there arewauts in the southeast. and in alabama up to 14 inches of rain fell in some areas. some 14 million americans are now under flood watches. meanwhile, good news out of texas. ....
the national guard to assist rescue operations. here with the latest. reporter: in the missouri, flood waters and fear are both on the rise. residents in the town of union hope sandbug bags would save their community. rising waters have left some stranded. one had to be rescued from the roof of his home. before i knew it i was overwhelmed. reporter: this has been the wettest december on record in st. louis and missouri is under a state of emergency governor jay nixon has called in the national guard and warned residents that the threat is far from over. now that the rain has moved out, the threat has changed but it is not by any means over, reporter: and there arewauts in the southeast. and in alabama up to 14 inches of rain fell in some areas. some 14 million americans are now under flood watches. meanwhile, good news out of texas. a family whose home was destroyed during a weekend tornado found their dogs. they were buried for two days and they re going to ....
viewers have also been sending us flooding pictures from along highway 395 in newberry. our mike desumma has been checking out flooding all along the newberry county area this afternoon. newberry. charles, sam the city shows no signs of drying out at this point. over the last hour another another heavy downpour made its way through. that s been happening frequently since late this morning. here you can see scott s creek off wheeler street where the water level s been much higher today. higher waters been the common thing along several creeks and streams in and around the city. in one part of silverstreet today they ve been keeping their eye on the saluda river. it topped its banks months ago during the historic floods - causing a lot of damage to homes that sit at the saluda river resort. residents told me there are several people - who are still left trying to recover from that. larry bennett - silverstreet uhh it got bad..campers right there.they was all under w ....
stay on top of the weather near you by downloading the wisweather app. it s free; just search wis in your app store. today s flash flooding has already left its mark in newberry county. heavy rains caused several roads to be closed. amelia street was cut off by the creek bed topped its banks. in many spots where water flows through the county you could see water levels getting higher. dot and city crews have been working together to keep the roads safe. officials hope the water runs off before the next batch of rain moves in. just into the newsroom: sce&g will open one spill gate overnight at the saluda hydro facility. that ll happen at 4 this morning an additional 18,000 cubic feet per second could flow into the lower saluda river. officials are going to continue to montor lake levels over the next 48 hours to see if anything else needs to be done we ll continue to monitor that situation. in missouri: flooding continues to rock towns outside of st louis tonight: bridge ....