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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Johanna Chisholm

Ten rescue puppies killed when St Louis shelter floods during record rainfall: ‘We will never get over this’

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Ten rescue puppies at a St Louis-area shelter were killed after the city experienced extreme rainfall that led to widespread flooding on the wettest day in recorded history.

Between midnight and 7am Tuesday, more than eight inches of rain collected on the inundated streets and highways of the Missouri city, quickly surpassing its previously held record of 6.85 inches, set in 1915, well before the end of the day.

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