Evacuations Ordered Following Levee Breaches Along Mississippi River North Of St. Louis

Heavy flooding continued inundating towns and farmland along rivers in the Midwest on Monday. The swollen Mississippi River forced road closures and forced people from their homes as high water levels are making their way downstream.

The National Weather Service (NWS) issued flash flood watches and flood warnings Monday for much of eastern Kansas and western Missouri. Flood warnings were also issued for areas along rivers in the central U.S, namely the Mississippi River, which breached levees in multiple places on Monday.

Local news cameras captured dramatic aerial images of the moment floodwaters breached a levee in St. Charles County.