<p>Heavy rain has brought flooding to towns along the Mississippi River with Missouri and Illinois facing near record winter water levels. Flooding on the Meramec River shut down a sewage treatment plant in Fenton, Missouri, on Tuesday, December 29, with reports sewage from the Metropolitan Sewer District had spilled into the river.</p><p>The Mississippi River had also reached its highest level since the 1993 “great flood”, prompting the evacuation of West Alton residents</a>. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon announced that the National Guard</a> will help with flood relief.</p><br /><p>Flooding also affected
