More than 100 people have also visited the shelter throughout the day to receive water, snacks and assistance information.
Louis County to allow for more space, if needed.
We also moved the shelter location from Richmond Heights to Florissant in St.
As of Thursday, we have provided more than 30 overnight shelter stays and provided more than 1,000 meals and snacks with partners.
Louis County to provide safe refuge, comfort and care to those in need. Louis metro area opened one shelter on Tuesday night (7/26/22) in St. Working with partners, Red Cross disaster workers in the St. In both Missouri and Kentucky, the Red Cross immediately responded to help those affected by the disastrous and deadly flooding. Governor Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency in the affected counties, stating this is “one of the worst and most devastating events in Kentucky’s history.” As much as 9 inches of rain has fallen – prompting a flash flooding emergency. Unfortunately, just 48 hours later (on July 26, 2022), another system moved into eastern Kentucky bringing unrelenting rainfall.
Residents sought shelter on their roofs and hundreds of requests for water rescues spread throughout the area.
The results were devastating and shattered the previous record from 1915.
According to the National Weather Service, this is 25 percent of the metro’s average precipitation for an entire year.
Louis metro area awoke to find that more than nine inches of rain fell across the metro area in just six hours. Early Tuesday morning (July 26, 2022), residents in the St.