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Steady, prolonged rain from the remnants of Hurricane Beryl engulfed the 狐狸视频 region Tuesday, with forecasters anticipating that local rainfall from the storm would total 1 to 3 inches, or more in some places.
The projected rainfall was less than what forecasters had predicted Monday, when 2 to 4 inches were expected across the area.
Beryl, which shattered multiple records for its extreme earliness and strength as a hurricane, has now weakened to a post-tropical cyclone since making landfall.
Still a prolific producer of rain, the storm will confront some smaller river basins with threats of flooding, such as the Meramec, which is projected to rise about 9 feet by Thursday聽鈥 climbing into minor flood stage, where there is 鈥減ossibly some public threat,鈥 according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Additionally, the 狐狸视频 region, along with much of the Midwest and Northeast, faces 鈥渟light鈥 risks of flash flooding聽鈥 meaning at least 15%聽鈥 as the storm tracks over the continent, NOAA said.
Though remnants of hurricanes have triggered past flood issues in and near the 狐狸视频 region 鈥 like those from Hurricane Ike in 2008 鈥 the rain from Tuesday鈥檚 storm fell at a rate that was not fast enough to overwhelm streams or trigger flooding in some sensitive areas.
For example, along University City鈥檚 flood-prone stretch of the River Des Peres, officials and experts said the storm was well within the bounds of what the waterway could handle 鈥 since local flash flood problems ordinarily arise from rates of rainfall multiple times greater than what Beryl provided.
鈥淚t鈥檚 looking pretty good,鈥 said Chief Bill Hinson of the University City Fire Department, adding that the local stretch of the River Des Peres was 鈥渘ot anywhere close to cresting any of the walls or banks鈥 along its sides.