St Joseph officials have evacuated a building at the City yards located on 3rd street near U.S. Highway 36.
Overnight rainfall has flooded the area, which is not protected by a levee along the Missouri River. A basement wall collapsed and water entered the basement overnight. Operations were moved to the Recycling Center on the Belt Highway, city officials reported.
There is currently no major issue’s with the levee’s protecting Rosecrans and Elwood or St Joseph, Assistant Public Works Director Andrew Clements said.
“When we experience the higher rain amounts, plus the river really wasn’t that far away from our facility anyways, that water really didn’t have a place to go,” Clements said.
The Stockyards expressway also closed after water topped the roadway. Other road closures in St Joseph include northbound Waterworks Road, Ellinger Road and Southbound Highway 759 at Florence and Bluffview.
Sugar Lake is under a voluntary evacuation and city officials advised Rosecrans will be closed until Wednesday for construction work not related to flooding.
