Posted on 03/19/2008 8:34:21 AM PDT by cardinal4
UPDATED, 10 a.m.
Missouri has been drenched with an inch to 10 inches of rain, swelling rivers and streams, driving residents from their homes and killing several people.
The latest fatality involved a 67-year-old Springfield, Mo., man who died Tuesday night after he drove his 2006 Ford Focus into flood water on a farm road a mile east of his home. Troopers said the man likely died of a heart attack, but the car floated down stream 600 feet before it lodged onto debris floating in the water. The man, Ronald B. Rudd was pronounced dead at 7 p.m. His wife, Dorothy E. Rudd, 69, was rescued from the car and was taken to St. John's Hospital in Springfield with minor injuries.
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Take your loved ones to higher ground!
Hey there, friend.
Staying high and dry here.
Alton is a little wet..
No kidding. The rain has finally stopped here, after 48 hours.
We have really taken it on the chin here in STL. Strangely, Owl Bore is nowhere to be found..
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