St Louis, Missouri records historic rainfall, flash floods: In pics

Heavy rainfall through the night caused flash floods across St Louis on Tuesday. A Flash Flood Emergency was issued through 9:30 a.m. CDT.
There were no immediate reports of injuries, but damage was widespread after a massive downpour dropped more than 11 inches (28 centimeters) of rain in parts of St. Charles County and up to 10 inches (25 centimeters) elsewhere in the St. Louis metropolitan area.
By 8 a.m., 8.3 inches of rain had fallen at Lambert Airport, demolishing the previous daily record of 6.85 inches set Aug. 20, 1915, when remnants of the Galveston, Texas, hurricane moved north to St. Louis. Forecasters expected Tuesday’s rain to wrap up by late-morning, but more storms were likely through the rest of the week.