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Deadly flash flooding in St. Louis

Steven Bertke and his dog Roscoe are taken to dry land by St. Louis firefighters who used a boat to rescue people from their flooded homes on Hermitage Avenue in St. Louis on Tuesday, July 26, 2022.
Steven Bertke and his dog Roscoe are taken to dry land by St. Louis firefighters who used a boat to rescue people from their flooded homes on Hermitage Avenue in St. Louis on Tuesday, July 26, 2022. Photo: David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch (AP)

St. Louis was one of several U.S. cities that experienced thousand-year floods this summer. According to the National Weather Service, thunderstorms dropped about 2 inches of rain per hour over the St. Louis metropolitan area on July 26.

The flash floods that followed inundated the city. Dozens of people who were stranded by the floods had to be rescued by emergency responders. One section of the city was under 7 feet of water, trapping residents in their homes, the St. Louis Police Department tweeted in late July. Emergency responders also pulled someone out of a flooded car in an area that was covered by more than 8 feet of water, the New York Times reported.

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