Flooding across St. Louis to continue if flood risk, climate change isn’t taken seriously

Sitting near the confluence of two of the mightiest rivers in the world, St. Louis is in a unique position. The Mississippi River alone is part of a drainage system that covers more than 1.24 million square miles, twice the size of Alaska. Flows in the St. Louis area can exceed 7.4 million gallons of water per second during severe floods.