Editing Eureka, Missouri (section)

=== Floods ===
[[File:Missouri Flood Relief Eureka, Missouri.jpg|thumb|Members of a Coast Guard Disaster Area Response Team rescue two victims and their pet from their flooded home in Eureka in 2008]]
The city of Eureka has suffered multiple [[flood]]s, the two most catastrophic being in 2015 and 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gray|first=Bryce|date=May 8, 2017|title=Two catastrophic floods in less than two years wasn't just a case of bad luck|url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/two-catastrophic-floods-in-less-than-two-years-wasnt-just-a-case-of-bad-luck/article_33e07bfa-16dd-575b-8e18-9a6e2a2eebd0.html|access-date=2021-07-15|website=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|language=en}}</ref> This caused the city and [[United States Army Corps of Engineers|U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]] to evaluate a dozen strategic options, from the use of [[levee]]s and [[Flood wall|walls]], buyouts of high-risk properties, and the restoration of [[Floodplain|flood plain]] as [[water storage]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 3, 2021|title=4 years ago, flooding forced people by the Meramec to 'pick your side'|url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/history/4-years-ago-flooding-forced-people-by-the-meramec-to-pick-your-side/collection_33511d7b-3a0e-55f8-95e5-6342359e6876.html|access-date=2021-07-15|website=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Gray|first=Bryce|date=March 20, 2021|title=After multiple historic floods, Eureka, region rethink river management|url=https://www.stltoday.com/business/local/after-multiple-historic-floods-eureka-region-rethink-river-management/article_88b16904-952e-5b6d-9b77-bf142540e50d.html|access-date=2021-07-15|website=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|language=en}}</ref> [[Scientific researcher]]s determined the flooding was a [[Artificiality|man-made]] calamity caused in part by "inaccurate Federal Emergency Management Agency flood frequencies based on the assumption that today's river will behave as it has in the past greatly underestimating our real flood risk and leading to inappropriate development in floodways and floodplains."<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-02-05|title=Record Missouri flooding was manmade calamity, scientist says {{!}} The Source {{!}} Washington University in St. Louis|url=https://source.wustl.edu/2016/02/record-missouri-flooding-manmade-calamity-scientist-says/|access-date=2021-07-15|website=The Source|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Marso|first=Andy|date=March 24, 2019|title=Missouri River flooding blamed on Army Corps of Engineers|work=The Kansas City Star|url=https://www.kansascity.com/news/state/missouri/article228237519.html}}</ref>
[[File:Flooding (23822113699).jpg|thumb|Flooding on the [[Meramec River]] near Eureka in 2016<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 January 2016 |title=USGS Measures Historic Flooding Across the Nation |url=https://www2.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/usgs-measures-historic-flooding-across-the-nation/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717213949/https://www2.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/usgs-measures-historic-flooding-across-the-nation/ |archive-date=17 July 2017 |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=[[United States Geological Survey]]}}</ref>]]

==== 2015 ====
The [[December 2015 North American storm complex]] deeply impacted the state of [[Missouri]], with heavy rain and snow causing severe floods. The storm system was responsible for heavy rain that caused severe flooding.<ref>{{cite web|author=Eric Sykes|date=29 December 2015|title=Major flooding in Union, Mo; businesses underwater|url=http://www.kmov.com/story/30846374/major-flooding-in-union-mo-businesses-underwater|access-date=31 December 2015|archive-date=December 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201012304/http://www.kmov.com/story/30846374/major-flooding-in-union-mo-businesses-underwater/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite web|date=27 December 2015|title=Missouri Flooding Six Dead|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2015/12/27/us/missouri-flooding-six-dead/index.html|work=CNN}}</ref> Parts of the state were hit with over {{convert|10|in|mm|abbr=on}} of heavy rainfall.<ref name="reports">{{cite web|title=REPORTS: Severe storms slam Texas as flooding and blizzard conditions struck the Plains|url=http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/reports-severe-weather-tornadoes-dallas-texas-blizzard-flooding/54450368|work=AccuWeather|access-date=July 15, 2021|archive-date=July 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722102247/https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/reports-severe-weather-tornadoes-dallas-texas-blizzard-flooding/54450368|url-status=dead}}</ref> In Eureka, more than 100 boat rescues were conducted by the Eureka Fire Department of people and several pets from the second stories of homes near the [[Meramec River]].<ref name="FoxJan1">{{cite news|date=January 1, 2016|title=Roadways begin to reopen in flood-ravaged St. Louis area|publisher=Fox News|agency=Associated Press|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/mississippi-river-tops-levee-in-southern-illinois|access-date=January 1, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=Jacobo|first1=Julia|last2=Manzo|first2=Daniel|last3=Peck|first3=Dan|date=December 31, 2015|title=22 Dead, 2 Missing in Record Flooding Across Midwest|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/22-dead-missing-record-flooding-midwest/story?id=36033452|access-date=2021-07-15|website=ABC News|language=en}}</ref>

==== 2017 ====
A [[Mississippi River floods#2017 flooding|flooding event]] caused by a strong spring storm system brought multiple rounds of [[thunderstorm]]s and heavy rain to portions of the Midwest the weekend of April 29–30, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|last=US Department of Commerce|first=NOAA|title=Spring 2017 Flooding Event|url=https://www.weather.gov/lsx/04_29_2017|access-date=2021-07-15|website=www.weather.gov|language=EN-US}}</ref> The middle portion of the Mississippi approached historical record flooding. The [[National Weather Service]] anticipated a 48.5&nbsp;ft. crest at [[Cape Girardeau, Missouri]], on May 5, 2017, which was within 6 inches of the January 2, 2016 crest of 48.86&nbsp;ft.<ref>{{cite web|last=Robinson|first=Zach|title=Mississippi River projected to reach record levels after severe storms cause flooding|url=http://www.kfvs12.com/story/35287929/mississippi-river-projected-to-reach-record-levels-after-severe-storms-cause-flooding|accessdate=1 May 2017}}</ref> The first floor of a church flooded with about 48 inches of water, the same amount as in December 2015. Floodwater from the [[Meramec River]] covered athletic fields at [[Eureka High School (Missouri)|Eureka High School]], encroached on the school's buildings, and ruined the gymnasium floor.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Flooding swamps Midwest|url=https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/2017/05/03/flooding-swamps-midwest/101241078/|access-date=2021-07-15|website=www.usatoday.com|language=en}}</ref>