Torrential rain leads to flooded local roadways

Heavy rainfall late Friday night into early Saturday morning resulted in flooded roadways throughout Monroe County.

Emergency personnel were called to the area of Bluff Road at KK Road for a motorist stranded in high water late Friday night. Police, EMS and fire department personnel also responded about 11 a.m. Saturday for a vehicle struck in high water on DD Road near the railroad tracks in Columbia.

Other road closures and high water warnings, as updated early Sunday by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department, Monroe County EMS and other emergency agencies, include:

  • Nike Road at Richland Creek (closed)
  • M Road at Richland Creek (closed)
  • LL Road at Richland Creek (closed)
  • Brickey Road south of LL Road (closed)
  • Ames Road is re-opened at Horse Creek.
  • Bluff Road is re-opened at HH Road (now open from Columbia to the Randolph County line)
  • Bluff Road is re-opened from KK Road to Maeystown Road
  • KK Road west of Maeystown Road is re-opened
  • Centerville Road in Columbia
  • Portions of Route 158 between Columbia and Millstadt

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