Midwest Residents Face a Massive Cleanup and Recovery After Historic Winter Levels

Residents in the St Louis area were facing a massive cleanup and recovery effort that will likely last weeks,

as the Mississippi River and its tributaries retreated from historic winter levels that flooded towns, forced evacuations and killed two dozen people.

The flood, fueled by more than 10 inches of rain over a three-day period that began last weekend, is blamed for 24 deaths in Illinois and Missouri.

Chris Greenhagen, pastor of the Central Baptist Church in Eureka, Missouri, one of the communities hit by flooding along the Meramec River earlier this week, said Saturday in a telephone interview,

“The healing process, the restoration process has begun."

Water from the Mississippi, Meramec and Missouri rivers largely began receding Friday in the St Louis area. Two major highways Interstate 44 and Interstate 55 reopened south of St Louis on Friday and some evacuees were also allowed then to return home.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jan/03/midwest-flood-death-toll-rises

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