July 8, 2026 | 10:27 a.m.
Between the evening hours of July 9 and the morning of July 10, Reynolds County and surrounding Missouri areas experienced a 1-in-1,000-year rainfall event, as reported by the National Weather Service.
With some areas seeing up to 12.5 inches of rain in less than 24 hours, historic flooding followed, impacting neighborhoods, campgrounds, and communities.
![July 11, 2026, Lesterville, Missouri, USA: TREY MILLARD, left, of Columbia, Missouri, throws a box to his dad, ROB MILLARD, right, across a broken County Road 364 as his brother, KY MILLARD, prepares to hand off a baby carrier in Lesterville on Saturday. Flash flooding from the nearby Black River submerged the nearby campgrounds and eroded the road, stranding the Millards who spent the last week camping and [were] planning to leave the day the flooding came. 'There's people who lost a lot more,' Trey Millard said. (Credit Image: © Liz Rymarev/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via ZUMA Press Wire)](https://convoyofhope.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Reutrers_SEMO-Missouri-Floods_2026-07-11T214100Z-1024x683.jpg)
The rapid floodwaters were life-threatening, killing one woman and devastating towns and outdoor recreation areas. Impassable roads trapped people at higher ground or on top of structures as they waited for help. In the days after, over 350 people were rescued, including 60 adults and more than 160 teenagers airlifted from a summer camp by National Guard helicopters.
Convoy of Hope is on the ground with urgent relief.
Through disaster cleanup kits and clean drinking water, Convoy of Hope’s Disaster Relief team is giving affected families the tangible support they need.
As families process the extent of the damage, this ongoing aid acts as a sign that they are seen — and they are not walking through the destruction alone.
