Missouri Task Force 1 has been deployed to Kentucky to respond to flooding in the eastern part of that state. Eighty members of the task force are being sent to Hazard, Kentucky, in the Appalachian Mountains, where a “historic” flood event is happening. They’ll be...
Missouri was hit hard by massive flooding in 1993, 2011, and 2019. A study underway by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is exploring ways to prevent flooding ahead of time. Senior Program Manager Colleen Roberts said the study was launched following demands from the...
Excess runoff from previous storms and the remnants of Hurricane Beryl are causing levels on the Missouri and Mississippi rivers to reach flood stage resulting in Flood Warnings. Mississippi River levels from the Iowa border down to near Bowling Green are in moderate...
A firefighter in central Missouri’s Boone County has died during a water rescue operation. A social media post from the Boone County Fire Protection District identified him as Assistant Fire Chief Matt Tobben. He was conducting a swift water rescue north of downtown...
Missouri continues to dry out while the river bearing the state’s name floods. The latest drought monitor map shows abnormally dry areas in west-central, southwest, and far southern Missouri have grown in size since last week as a large area of moderate drought...
