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Festus mobile home park floods, residents forced to evacuate for several hours
FESTUS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - At least some residents of a mobile home community in Festus were forced to evacuate Tuesday afternoon after the mobile home park flooded. First responders blocked the entrance to Lakeside Manor Mobile Home Park for much of the day, not allowing residents in after water slowly drained into Plattin Creek.
Heavy rains leads to at least one voluntary evacuation in De Soto
Heavy rain turned the Joachim Creek in De Soto into a river early this afternoon. City Manager Todd Melkus said just after noon when the creek hit about 8.5 feet, first responders began knocking on doors, alerting residents of rising waters. He said the first responders went to 30 to...
Flash flooding impacting Metro East, Southern IL
Heavy rain this morning impacted parts of the Metro East and southern Illinois today. Flash flooding has occurred in portions of St. Clair and Monroe County, and further southeast in Nashville, IL, evacuations occurred due to failure of a dam at the city reservoir. Street and property flooding has also...
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