Heavy flooding from the Mississippi River continues to rock the state of Missouri as residents are evacuated and businesses and homes are inundated in rare winter flooding.
Nixon urged motorists to stay away from roads that have even a low level of water due to the fast-moving current of the flood waters, adding that nearly all of the people who died were in vehicles that drove onto flooded roadways.
In a commercial area in Union, Missouri, several businesses are submerged in water due to the overflowing of the Bourbeuse River, which is expected to reach a record-setting 35 feet, Officer Mike Joyce of the Union Police Department told ABC News today.
A wastewater treatment center near St. Louis has stopped operating Monday night after it malfunctioned, causing sewage to go directly into nearby rivers and streams, the Metropolitan Sewer District of St. Louis said in a release.