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One Person Drowns Inside Of A Car After Record Rainfalls In St. Louis Cause Severe Flooding

<p>St&period; Louis Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson revealed that one person died as historic rainfall in St&period; Louis caused severe flooding&comma; per <em>CNN&period; <&sol;em>The chief said &&num;8220&semi;approximately eight and a half&&num;8221&semi; feet of water <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cnn&period;com&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;26&sol;weather&sol;st-louis-flash-floods&sol;index&period;html">trapped the person<&sol;a> inside a vehicle in the city&&num;8217&semi;s western area&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A resident called authorities&comma; saying someone might be inside the submerged car&period; Rescuers checked the vehicle and found the person after the water began to taper off&period; The <em>St&period; Louis Post-Dispatch <&sol;em>reports that the person&comma; whose identity has not been released&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;stltoday&period;com&sol;news&sol;local&sol;accident-and-incident&sol;one-person-dies-in-st-louis-after-vehicle-submerges-in-water&sol;article&lowbar;83d6f7e5-72f9-53a7-934a-7323e8063bc1&period;html">died at<&sol;a> about 10&colon;30 a&period;m&period; However&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s unclear how long they were in the car before their death&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><iframe title&equals;"YouTube video player" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;qSL7rX2P95U" width&equals;"560" height&equals;"315" frameborder&equals;"0" allowfullscreen&equals;"allowfullscreen"><&sol;iframe><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>Record Rainfall Drenches St&period; Louis And Surrounding Areas<&sol;strong><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p>According to the local National Water Service&comma; St&period; Loius saw 7&period;68 inches of rainfall in six hours after it began pouring at midnight on Tuesday&period; This amount of rain is more than the typical 7&period;31 inches the city receives for July and August combined&period; To break it down even further&comma; the rainfall that fell in the first 12 hours is about 25&percnt; of the area&&num;8217&semi;s yearly rainfall&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1551997845963649024" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Local outlet <em>KSDK <&sol;em>reports that multiple drivers have been <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ksdk&period;com&sol;article&sol;weather&sol;locally-heavy-rainfall-flash-flooding-st-louis-tuesday&sol;63-a7a8e295-bdb1-4e8f-8506-38c27147cd6d">rescued from roads<&sol;a>&comma; highways&comma; and even homes&period; Roads along I-70 in north St&period; Louis were reportedly the city&&num;8217&semi;s leading cause of flooding concerns&period; On Tuesday&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;east-st-louis-mother-faces-child-endangerment-charges-in-connection-with-fire-that-killed-her-five-children&sol;">the St&period; Louis<&sol;a> fire chief said firefighters have been on about 70 rescue assists of civilians&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;While we hope the worst is behind us&comma; we want to keep the public informed&comma;&&num;8221&semi; St&period; Louis Public Safety Director Heather Taylor said&period; &&num;8220&semi;Highways are mostly clear&period; Avoid the highways if you can&period; That is critical with this rain&&num;8230&semi;Parts of Highway 70&comma; I believe&comma; are all open as well&comma; but they may be closed again due to additional rainfall&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>Footage Of The Record Rain Aftermath Spreads On Social Media<&sol;strong><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1551975863394021377" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; the state of Missouri itself is taking a lashing from this rain&period; The NWS St&period; Louis reported that certain areas received between 10-12 inches of rain early this morning&period; About 2&period;2 miles north of St&period; Peters&comma; 12&period;34 inches&comma; was recorded at 8 a&period;m&period; Additionally&comma; one mile northeast of O&&num;8217&semi;Fallon saw 10&period;05 inches by 6&colon;17 a&period;m&period; local time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Take a look at footage from local news coverage and folks experiencing the downpour and its aftermath&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1552040766595268608" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1551912246074302464" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1551891593728299011" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1552035471743766530" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>Additional Rainfall &amp&semi; Isolated Flooding Expected Tonight<&sol;strong><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p>And it looks like things could get worse&comma; per an update by the NSW St&period; Louis&period; In a tweet&comma; they announced that &&num;8220&semi;widespread showers and storms&&num;8221&semi; will hit the state starting tonight and into tomorrow&period; About one to two inches of rain will fall&comma; but the amount could be higher&period; Isolated flash flooding is also a possibility&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1552039930955587584" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This story is developing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1">Want updates directly in your text inbox&quest; Hit us up at 917-722-8057 or <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom"><span class&equals;"s1"><b>https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom<&sol;b><&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine; 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