One person has died in severe flash flooding after a 100-year weather record was obliterated in St Louis - as more than eight inches of torrential rain fell overnight, sparking deluge alerts across the city.Īuthorities confirmed that the person who sadly lost their life was in a car when it was submerged in water, while historic levels of rainfall caused highways to be completely covered in rain water as thunderstorms and heavy downpours fell in Missouri and Illinois. This comes as unprecedented weather systems have battered the entire nation in the last weeks, including record-breaking heat wavesīy Claudia Aoraha, Senior Reporter For Dailymail.Com and Walter Finch For Mailonline.Interstate 70 east of Mid Rivers Mall Drive near Costco has been closed as images show multiple vehicles completely submerged on highways.Storms are predicted to go on until around 10am, after a staggering eight inches of rainfall was already recorded by 7am.The once-in-a-century deluge has prompted flood warnings in dozens of towns Missouri and Illinois as locals are urged to steer clear from many major roads.Louis Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson confirmed One person has died in the destructive flooding after their vehicle was submerged in water, St.Flash flooding has hit the St Louis area after historic levels of rainfall fell overnight - breaking the previous record of 6.85 inches set in 1915.Louis' 100-year flood turns deadly: One person is dead after becoming trapped in their car as rainfall record is smashed after eight INCHES falls overnight - and coast-to-coast heatwave rages across nation
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