Flooding Continues Despite Sunshine in the South
11/1/2009 11:49 AM
Following last week's torrential rainfall, hundreds of lives and homes remain threatened by
floodwaters across parts of the Mississippi Valley region.
Fortunately, dry weath
By Heather
Buchman
AccuWeather.com
Following last week's torrential
rainfall, hundreds of lives and homes remain threatened by floodwaters across parts of the
Mississippi Valley region.
Fortunately, dry weather will aid people battling and cleaning up after the floodwaters throughout most of the upcoming week.
The
storm system that created widespread flooding in communities from
eastern Texas to Louisiana and Missouri last week moved into eastern Canada
over the weekend.
Several days after the rain has ended, residents in some communities are still facing the risk of floodwaters entering their homes.
According to KTBS in
Shreveport, La., the severe flooding
that resulted last week has stressed the levee on the Red Chute Bayou that protects homes in
Bossier City and south Bossier Parish, La. Despite
sandbagging efforts that continued through the weekend, water was able to leak through and top the levee, spilling into nearby subdivisions.
High water began to slowly recede late Sunday, and the levee has held. While this means that the greatest threat to hundreds and even thousands of
homes is likely over, there will still be some street flooding. Motorists are urged to avoid putting their lives at risk by not driving through any
water-covered roadways.
According to St. Louis Today, floodgates in St. Louis have been closed and flood panels have been installed near the Gateway Arch to help mitigate
the impacts of flooding due to last week's torrential rainfall.
Last week's storm was one of many that have brought
heavy rain to the
Mississippi Valley region over the last few weeks. Many rivers are in flood
stage from
eastern Texas and Louisiana to Iowa and Illinois.
This
AccuWeather.com Headline has more information on the river flooding situation.
The recent rounds of
heavy rain have also had an impact on farmers across
the Midwest. According to Expert Senior Meteorologist Dale Mohler, the
upcoming stretch of dry weather this week should help these farmers trying to get back on track with the corn harvest, which is two weeks behind
schedule.
AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Meghan Evans contributed to the content of this story.
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