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Flood information at a glance

St. Louis Public Radio | By Donna Korando
Published December 31, 2015 at 10:29 AM CST
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The flooding Mississippi River on Dec. 31, 2015. The view is from the observation platform at Malcolm W. Martin Park in East St. Louis.
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A crew from the U.S. Geological Survey measures the flow of the flooding Mississippi at the Gateway Arch on Dec. 31, 2015.
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The flood-swollen Mississippi River flows under the Martin Luther King Bridge in St. Louis on Dec. 31, 2015.
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A boat used by the U.S. Geological Survey is moored on Leonor Sullivan Boulevard, which was under water on Dec. 31, 2015.
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As Interstates 55 and 44 remain closed, area residents need alternate routes. Missouri drivers should check www.modot.org, and Illinois drivers should go to www.idot.illinois.gov/home/Comm/emergency-road-closures.

Volunteer opportunities are being coordinated through STLVolunteer.org

Check the Army Corps of Engineers website for river levels.

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Donna Korando
Donna Korando started work in journalism at SIU’s Daily Egyptian in 1968. In between Carbondale and St. Louis Public Radio, she taught high school in Manitowoc, Wis., and worked at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She was the copy editor and letters editor for the editorial page from 1973-77. As an editorial writer from 1977-87, she covered Illinois and city politics, education, agriculture, family issues and sub-Saharan Africa. When she was editor of the Commentary Page from 1987-2003, the page won several awards from the Association of Opinion Page Editors. From 2003-07, she headed the features copy desk.
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