INTERSTATE 70 AT ST. PETERS FLOODS AGAIN
As the picture below attests on July 16, 2024, all lanes of Interstate 70 once again flooded and were closed due to local heavy rains. These rain events are becoming more common, and this event was eerily similar to the flooding that occurred on Interstate 70 and Mid-Rivers Mall following a 10-inch rain on July 26,2022.
Flash flooding in areas around St. Louis, especially near Mid Rivers Mall and Interstate 70, seems to be increasingly common and displays the impacts of commercial development in the floodplain. This certainly is not something new or unexpected! Check out this St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial cartoon from 2001 that warned of the possible implications of commercial development in the floodplains. GRHA’s critical mission in the Confluence is as important as ever in preventing further development in the floodplain.
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