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Water Rescue on the Illinois River
GRAFTON, IL. (KMOX) - A search is underway on the Illinois River for a man who’s boat capsized. His wife was also in the boat North of Grafton, Illinois. She was rescued but her husband is still...
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School Bus Carrying Students Stuck in Water, Rescued
EAST ST. LOUIS, Il. (KMOX) - Camp Jackson Fire Department along with Midway Fire Department performed a water rescue on a school bus carrying 10 students on Thursday night. The bus was stuck on North...
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Emergency Rescue for 2 Turkey Hunters Stranded in Rising Flood Water
LICKING, Mo. (KMOX) — The Missouri State Highway Patrol had to use the agency’s helicopter to rescue two turkey hunters who became stranded by rising flood waters in Texas County. The hunters called...
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Missouri Boy Critical After Fall into Flooded River
LEADWOOD, Mo. (AP) – An eastern Missouri man saved the life of a 12-year-old boy who fell into a flooded river and was sucked through a drainage pipe by jumping in after him, pulling him land and...
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One Rescued From Flooded Out Road in O’Fallon
O’FALLON, Mo. (KMOX) — Heavy rains overnight led to a dramatic water rescue in St. Charles County Friday morning. St. Charles County sheriff’s spokesman Jeff Ochs told KMOX a pick-up truck drove...
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Woman Rescued from Flooded Creek near Mascoutah
MASCOUTAH, Ill. (KMOX) – A woman stuck in a half submerged van on a flooded road south of Mascoutah, Illinois has been rescued. Mascoutah Fire tells KMOX a boat from the Belleville Fire Department...
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Water Rescue in Lake Sainte Louise After Boys Fall Through Ice
LAKE ST. LOUIS (KMOX/AP) – A water rescue took place Monday morning in Lake St. Louis after two 14-year-old boys fell through ice into Lake Sainte Louise. One of the boys was under water for about 13...
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UPDATED: Woman’s Body Found After Jefferson County Flash Flooding
FESTUS, Mo. (KMOX) – UPDATED (2:39 p.m.) A woman’s body has been found, and authorities are now looking for others who might be missing after last night’s flash flooding in Jefferson County. The body...
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Mehlville School Bus Calls for Water Rescue
OAKVILLE, Mo. (KMOX) – A Mehlville School District bus called for assistance because of high water at Heintz Road, near Erb Road in Oakville. Floating trash bins…check. #stlwx @kmoxnews #Oakville...
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Man Survives Being Swept Under Dam at Alton
ALTON, Ill. (KMOX) – An area man is lucky to be alive after being swept under the Melvin Price Lock and Dam near Alton and popping out on the other side. Alton Fire Chief Bernie Sebold tells KMOX the...
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8-Year-Old Sucked Into Pipe By Flood Waters
O’FALLON, Ill. (KMOX) – A fun outing with his family nearly ended in tragedy for a young Metro East boy on Sunday. Sgt. Michael Mojzis with O’Fallon police says the 8-year-old was playing in the high...
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Beachgoers Form Human Chain to Rescue Family in Water
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Strangers on a Florida beach formed an 80-person human chain to rescue nine members of family who had been caught in a riptide and pulled too far from shore. Roberta...
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