Flooding hits region during heavy Wednesday rainstorm

A rainstorm moved through the area Wednesday doing most of its damage in Jackson -- leaving some people without power and flooding a couple of roads.

A spokesman for the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department said around 8:30 p.m. that the department was running off its own generator. Jackson police also confirmed that several areas in the city were also without power.

Highway 61 between Jackson and Fruitland was reported to be flooded; so was Route B near Highway 72 at Millersville.

Cape Girardeau police said that a small area of North West End Boulevard near downtown reported a power outage. No flooding was reported in the city.

Spokesmen for the sheriff's departments in Bollinger and Perry counties said the rain was falling hard, but they had received no reports of weather-related problems.

No problems were reported in Scott County, which was reported to be out of range of the flood watch issued by the weather service.