Winter Storm

The city has signed contracts with two local companies to help plow and salt residential side streets. While high temperatures were in the 50s on Friday, bitter cold moves back in at the end of the weekend.

Residents say that people with disabilities are being injured and that it’s been disturbing seeing children standing on icy streets while waiting at bus stops. City officials say lingering ice on side and residential streets has caused a backlog in trash pickup.

St. Louis officials say they’re finally plowing residential streets with the help of other city departments. Missouri Department of Transportation officials say road crews also had several challenges that hindered speedy snow removal in the St. Louis area over the past week.

A St. Louisan has built a makeshift ice rink outside her Tower Grove South home. Her kids have spent the past several days playing hockey on the rink. It comes as the city has faced freezing temperatures following the early January snowstorm.

As of midday Friday, there were reports of an additional two inches of snow falling on top of piles left over from the storm earlier in the week.

The St. Louis region is expecting an additional 2 to 3 inches of snow overnight. St. Louis officials say street crews will focus on clearing arterial, secondary and hill roads, while St. Louis County asks residents to put vehicles in driveways.

St. Louis was only about halfway to breaking the record for inches of snow Sunday, but it did break a record for the amount of water that fell.

Three new warming centers were opened after St. Louis Public Libraries closed Monday due to dangerous conditions after a winter storm passed through the region.

Missouri meteorologists expect a winter storm to impact the St. Louis area and other parts of Missouri. St. Louis could see a mix of freezing rain, sleet and snow.

As snowfall in the upper Midwest melts with rising temperatures, it will bleed into parched waterways in Iowa and beyond, helping restore stream flows decimated by drought. But, could also carry the risk of flooding downstream.