St. Louis area residents and elected leaders looking to avoid repeats of the devastation that followed flash floods this summer have landed on a possible fix: buyouts of high-risk properties. [...]
City of St. Louis looks to buyout 20 homes damage by July’s record flood
ST. LOUIS - St. Louis City officials submitted an application to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) requesting more than $1 million to potentially buyout dozens of homes damaged by [...]
City of St. Louis takes new steps to work with MSD to buy out properties in Ellendale following July flooding
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - There is new momentum for buyouts in the Ellendale neighborhood as the Metropolitan Sewer District and the City of St. Louis continue talks of long-term [...]
MSD Says Buyouts Are Solid Solution For WG Flooding
The cost to buy six substantially damaged homes, and a commercial building, would be roughly $535,000. Webster Groves--St. Louis Metropolitan Sewer District’s Executive Director and CEO Brian Hoelscher told Webster [...]
North County residents raise decades-old concerns about a creek eroding their properties
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - Sink holes, rodents, shifting foundation and more. It’s a problem some North County residents have been dealing with, they said, for far too long. The [...]
University City seeks federal funds to buy out flood-damaged homes
UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. – One of the hardest-hit St. Louis suburbs from July’s historic flash flooding just beats out a deadline to apply for federal flood funds for buyouts. See [...]
City Considers Buyouts As Flood Victims Try To Wade Forward
Webster Groves - ...During a city council meeting Tuesday, Sept. 6, Deshane joined residents of five other properties in Webster Groves whose homes were heavily damaged during the historic July [...]
U. City’s mayor questioned on slow flooding fixes after decades of studies
UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. – Repeated severe flooding has cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars. Many residents lost all of their possessions. It’s a problem that’s been studied for decades. [...]
MSD Project Clear Crews Respond to Overflow in Ballwin
MSD Project Clear (MSDPC) crews are cleaning up after a wastewater overflow in Ballwin. It was discovered late Friday morning in a wooded area in the Wild Wood neighborhood off [...]
University City hoping to buy out homes in flood plain
ST. LOUIS (KMOV) —University City is hoping to buy out hundreds of homes sitting on the notorious River Des Peres flood plain. See more on KMOV