Even with river levels dropping the Missouri Department of Transportation said drivers should still be on the lookout for flash flood concerns around Northwest Missouri.

“They still need to be careful, there’s roads that could flood as the water moves from north to south,” MoDOT District Engineer Don Wichern said.
Flash flooding caused issues for numerous drivers earlier this week as roadways were closed due to fast moving water.

As we previously reported, 8 motorists on I-29 had to be rescued in a joint agency effort Wednesday after flash flooding disabled their vehicles on Missouri Route N north of Mound City.
While those individuals made it out safely, Wichern says it could have turned out much differently and urges drivers to continue to monitor road conditions

“Rain can fall and fill up a creek or a river and it can travel for miles and miles,” Wichern said. “We’ll get inundated with rainfall in Iowa…and it can fill up these rivers so fast and it may take two or three days to get down to our roads and then it will be a sunny day and all of a sudden our roads get flooded.”
Flood warnings across our region are being canceled and many roadways are being reopened. However, Wichern warns drivers to keep an eye on roadways near rivers that are known to flood because anything could happen.