Missouri Gov. Mike Parson wants to spend $10.4 million to create a new office that would help the state better prepare for floods and drought. Missouri Department of Natural Resources spokeswoman Connie Patterson told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that creating …
Missouri officials say widespread flooding has cost an estimated $29 million in damages to roads and bridges, and dozens of other sites haven’t even been evaluated yet. Missouri Department of Transportation records presented during a Wednesday commission meeting show the …
With floodwaters again inundating parts of Missouri, the state Senate has backed legislation that could limit local tax breaks offered for new developments in flood plains. A bill given initial approval would prohibit new “tax increment financing” projects in areas …
President Donald Trump has declared an emergency exists in Missouri because of spring flooding. Trump signed the declaration on June 2. It allows federal aid to be used to help state and local response efforts to flooding and allows eligible …
Torrential rain caused Missouri waterways to burst their banks over the weekend, forcing hundreds of road closures and killing at least three people. Some parts of the state got as much as a foot of rain over the weekend, though …
Rain-swollen rivers either crested or started to fall across much of Missouri on June 22, but a National Weather Service flood expert warned that more rain is on the way over the next several days and the water could rise …
