ST. LOUIS - One person was killed as hours of relentless thunderstorms dropped historic rainfall amounts across the St.
Louis area early Tuesday morning, flooding homes and roads in several neighborhoods and prompting dozens of water rescues.The dire situation prompted the city's first-ever Flash Flood Emergency from the National Weather Service as the city shattered its all-time daily rainfall record.
Some storm rainfall totals have reached 6-12 inches or more, according to the National Weather Service, with rainfall rates of 1-3 inches per hour.
Isolated rainfall rates up to 5 inches per hour were also reported.Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe declared a state of emergency for Missouri in response to the flooding on behalf of Gov.