285 roads are closed in MO due to flooding and much of STL is underwater

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6. This system is also affecting Central Illinois.

Fighting the flood: Taylorville teens missing; devastation in Kincaid; sandbagging continues elsewhere

Divers searched for two missing teenagers near Sangchris Lake and Pawnee, and a five-block-long levee was being furiously constructed in Petersburg as communities throughout central Illinois on Wednesday continued their battle against floodwaters left behind by a three-day rainstorm that ended Monday.

The Sangamon River was expected to crest Thursday just short of record levels, which would begin to bring relief to many residents who have dealt with deep and dangerous standing water all week.

The most serious of Wednesday's developments was near the Sangamon-Christian county line, where authorities searched floodwaters for two 18-year-olds from Taylorville.

Devan Everett and Brandon Mann, were last seen at Mann's house on Monday, Taylorville police said. Divers concentrated their search in the near severely flooded areas around Sangchris Lake and Pawnee, which is where Mann's wireless phone was tracked around 12:20 a.m. Tuesday.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20151230/fighting-flood-taylorville-teens-missing-devastation-in-kincaid-sandbagging-continues-elsewhere/?Start=1

(FYI, Half of my family is in this area, from Chatum to St. Petersburg.)