Emergency crews rescue about 20 after a campground building collapses in Missouri flooding
Officials said 6 to 12 inches fell in 24 hours, a once-in-a-thousand-years event that forced multiple swift-water rescues.
- On Friday, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe declared a state of emergency as state and local crews rescued hundreds of residents and campers from flash flooding using Black Hawk helicopters and swift-water rescue operations.
- Intense storms dropped 6 to 12 inches of rain in 24 hours Thursday into Friday, a volume the National Weather Service called a "once-in-a-thousand-years" event; consequently, the Black River at Annapolis crested at a record 28.73 feet, surpassing the 1993 high.
- Rescue teams evacuated 160 people stranded at Camp Taum Sauk on the Black River; at nearby Bearcat Getaway campground, responders saved at least 10 people after a building collapse pitched campers into rising floodwaters.
- Iron County Sheriff Chuck Helton reported destroyed homes and washed-away vehicles, with gravel roads left in "bad shape"; however, officials confirmed no reports of injuries or fatalities despite the widespread damage.
- Meteorologist Alex Elmore warned that an additional 2 to 4 inches of rain could exacerbate conditions through late Friday, potentially returning the region to "worst impacts" seen earlier. A flood watch remains in effect through Saturday for saturated Missouri areas.
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Severe flooding is wreaking havoc in Missouri: hundreds have been rescued, a children's camp has been evacuated by helicopter, and a woman is being sought as missing.
Hundreds rescued in southeastern Missouri as 1-in-1,000-year rainfall triggers catastrophic flooding
Hundreds of people have been rescued from catastrophic flooding in southeastern Missouri, including some camping along a river that swelled to historic heights.
More than 200 people at a summer camp helicoptered to safety as Missou
Heavy rainfall and widespread flooding battered parts of Missouri on Friday, forcing the helicopter evacuations of more than 200 children and staff from a summer camp and the rescues of about 20 people who had moved to safety on a campground building that collapsed. With nearby roads washed away and more rain in the forecast, the children were trapped at Camp Taum Sauk in the small southeastern community of Lesterville, according Sgt. Eddie Youn…
More than 200 children were evacuated by helicopter from a summer camp in Missouri, USA, after heavy rains. At the same time, several rescue operations were underway in the state as a result of the storm, reports the AP.
Hundreds are rescued after heavy rain in Missouri
Hundreds of people had to be rescued Friday after torrential rain led to flash flooding in southeastern Missouri, officials said. Among those saved were at least 10 people who fell into the floodwaters after the building they were standing on collapsed. The post Hundreds are rescued after heavy rain in Missouri appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.
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