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You are here: Home / Featured / (PHOTOS) Flooding in eastern Missouri on New Year’s Day

(PHOTOS) Flooding in eastern Missouri on New Year’s Day

January 1, 2016 By Mike Lear

A shed sits wedged against a power pole along the Meramec River as flood waters begin to recede in Arnold, Missouri on January 1, 2016. Flooding statewide from three straight days of rain caused evacuations, road closures and fifteen deaths. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI
Building debris become wedged against a flooded home as water from the Meramec River begins to receed in Fenton, Missouri on January 1, 2016. Flooding statewide from three straight days of rain caused evacuations, road closures and fifteen deaths. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI
Sandbags that had no effect, sit near a home along the flooded Meramec River in Arnold, Missouri on January 1, 2016. Water has begun to receed as flooding statewide from three straight days of rain caused evacuations, road closures and fifteen deaths. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

A sight seer takes a photograph of a flooded service station in Fenton, Missouri on January 1, 2016. Flooding statewide from three straight days of rain caused evacuations, road closures and fifteen deaths. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI
A utility truck moves slowly down a flooded street as flood waters the Meramec River begins to receed in Arnold, Missouri on January 1, 2016. Flooding statewide from three straight days of rain caused evacuations, road closures and fifteen deaths. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI
Water churns on flooded Route 141 near Interstate Highway 44 in Valley Park, Missouri on January 1, 2016. Flooding statewide from three straight days of rain caused evacuations, road closures and fifteen deaths. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

Residents remove belongings from flooded basements as flood water from the Meramec River begins to receed in Arnold, Missouri on January 1, 2016. Flooding statewide from three straight days of rain caused evacuations, road closures and fifteen deaths. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI
Traffic flows freely on Interstate Highway 44 as several traffic signs are still submurged in flood water from the Meramec River in Valley Park Missouri on January 1, 2016. Flooding statewide from three straight days of rain caused evacuations, road closures and fifteen deaths. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI
Missouri National Guardsmen block the still flooded road as traffic on Interstate Highway 44 flows on January 1, 2016. Flooding from the Meramec River caused the busy Highway 44 to close for days. Flooding statewide from three straight days of rain caused evacuations, road closures and fifteen deaths. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

Interstate Highway 55 is now open as sandbags remain on the highway in Arnold, Missouri on January 1, 2016. Record level flood waters from the Meramec River caused three miles of Interstate Highway 55 to close for two days. Flooding statewide from three straight days of rain caused evacuations, road closures and fifteen deaths. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI
The Arnold City Park remains under water as flood water from the Meramec River begins to receed in Arnold, Missouri on January 1, 2016. Flooding statewide from three straight days of rain caused evacuations, road closures and fifteen deaths. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI

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