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Flash Flooding in Boone County COLUMBIA, MO (KBIA) - Pouring rain throughout the day is causing a challenge for a number of Boone County drivers. Fire District Division Chief Gale Blomenkamp says the fire department responded to four water rescues before sunrise. The Boone County Public Works department was out closing roads as well. Maintenance operations manager Chip Estabrooks says the majority of the roads are by creeks and typically aren't used by a large number of drivers. Officials closed more than a dozen roads throughout the day. Estabrooks says because some roads were built more than a century ago it would be hard to prevent flooding.

"We have to be really careful about building up these areas. It's quite a process for the engineering department to design roads through low lying flood plain areas."

A flash flood warning remains in effect for Boone County until 6 p.m. Thursday night.
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