Latest: Rising waters spill over 9 St. Louis-areas levees
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says that flood water from the Mississippi River and its tributaries has spilled over nine federal levees in the St. Louis area.
Forecast maps released Wednesday afternoon show reduced flooding risks at another 10 area levees deemed vulnerable one day previously.
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet plans to close U.S. 51 at two locations in western Kentucky in response to flooding forecasts.
President Barack Obama is pledging the federal government's continued help dealing with severe weather in a phone call with Missouri's governor.
White House spokesman Eric Schultz says Obama told Nixon that he had asked his staff to monitor the events closely and to work with Nixon's team to provide any help necessary from the federal government.
The Illinois Historic Preservation Agency said Wednesday that Fort de Chartres, Fort Kaskaskia and Pierre Menard Home have been temporarily shut down because rising water made the sites and nearby roads unsafe.
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon says he's optimistic the eastern and southern portions of the state will soon recover from devastating flooding but cautions "we're not over this."
A barn and a cabin built on property owned by Oklahoma Scenic Rivers Commission administrator Ed Fite was washed away, and pieces of the oak structures are scattered in tree lines and pastures.
After filming wrapped up on the remake, Fite says he convinced filmmakers to leave the buildings behind.
In 2011, the Ohio there crested a record 22 feet above flood stage before the floodway was thrust into use, swamping 130,000 acres.
City firefighters worked to unclog flooded storm drains behind a seven-foot-high, 1,000-foot-long temporary retaining wall reinforced by gravel and sandbags.
Missouri Department of Public Safety spokesman Mike O'Connell says the victim died when a vehicle was swept off a roadway.
Durbin says most residents in the affected area left and he isn't aware of any injuries.
Christian County Emergency Management Agency Director Mike Crews says an American Red Cross temporary shelter is available at a high school.
John Anderson, a Valley Park resident, cleared out his apartment building of precious item, including photos.
City attorney Tim Englemeyer asked the governor's office to send National Guard troops to help with security.
The Missouri State Department of Transportation announced Wednesday that eastbound lanes reopened in Phelps County near Rolla, but westbound traffic remains closed.
Hundreds of other road closures are occurring throughout the Midwest due to record and near-record flooding spurred by heavy rains in recent days.
Branson Fire Chief Ted Martin says Lake Taneycomo is at fault and that there have been no injuries from the flooding, which has also closed three parks and a city-owned lakeside campground.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is easing water levels at a record flow around the Table Rock Lake dam, which feeds into man-made Lake Taneycomo and is contributing to the flooding.
Pleasant Hope emergency management director Rick Davis says the man disappeared Saturday night as he prepared to cross a bridge over the Pomme de Terre River in Polk County.
The mayor of the St. Louis suburb of Valley Park is ordering mandatory evacuations for a portion of the town of about 6,900 residents as the fast-rising Meramec River threatens a levee.
The National Weather Service is projecting that the Meramec River will reach record heights at Valley Park, around 30 feet above flood stage, late Wednesday.
The Missouri Department of Transportation says the closures include westbound and eastbound stretches of the interstate in central Missouri's Phelps County and in the St. Louis area.
Two central Illinois residents have drowned in floodwaters, raising the state's death toll since the weekend to seven.