By BRENT MARTIN

St. Joseph Post

Flooding around the Chillicothe area eased enough for transportation officials to reopen both lanes of traffic on U.S. Route 65 south of the city.

Grand River floodwaters have made travel difficult in the Chillicothe area, closing both U.S. Route 65 and U.S. Route 36. The Missouri Department of Transportation reports it was able to reopen 65 just south of Chillicothe, but a section of the highway remains closed from Carrollton to U.S. Route 24 in Waverly.

MoDOT advises motorists that portions of U.S. Route 24, Route 10, and Route 139 remain closed in that area.

Both lanes of U.S. Route 24 east of Keytesville reopened this morning after floodwaters receded. The roadway remains closed west of Keytesville, through Brunswick and DeWitt. Portions of Routes 5 and 10 as well as U.S. Route 24 south of Carrollton remain closed.

Missouri River levels dropped over the weekend. Still, nearly 400 roads statewide are closed, due to flooding. Locks and dams upstream from St. Louis have been shut down as the Mississippi River crests at its second-highest level on record at some points.

Click here for the MoDOT website on northwest Missouri flooding.