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Storms Flood Parts of St. Louis, Knock Out Power

St. Louis Public Radio
Published May 25, 2004 at 2:50 PM CDT
Motorists exit their vehicles to look at the lake of water on Highway 55 south of downtown. Heavy rains caused the sewers to back up all over the St. Louis area.
(UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)
Motorists exit their vehicles to look at the lake of water on Highway 55 south of downtown. Heavy rains caused the sewers to back up all over the St. Louis area.

By Matt Sepic, KWMU

St. Louis – Severe storms caused power outages and flooding in parts of the St. Louis area Tuesday afternoon.

High water caused major delays at the intersection of Interstates 44 and 55 south of downtown, and caused problems in the Shaw neighborhood and Soulard.

Ameren U-E says more customers are without power.

As of Tuesday morning, workers had restored power to all but 10 percent of the 33,000 households Monday's storm had knocked out.

But Ameren spokesman Tim Fox said Tuesday's weather brought the number of total outages to more than 10,000.

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