Flooded roads across the Ozarks are causing major disruptions to travel. Friday’s record rainfall brought more than just puddles and mud. In some areas, it’s full-on floodwaters taking over the streets.

MoDOT representatives and lawmakers ceremoniously broke ground on the I-44 Forward Project on Friday morning in Springfield. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is helping communities in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas prepare for devastating flooding.

Flooding is the number one weather-related killer in the Ozarks, but the deaths and injuries are 100% preventable.

The National Weather Service has hinter at an exceptionally high flood risk for parts of the Ozarks, indicating a catastrophic and life-threatening flood risk.

At least eight people were reported dead, including one child, after storms slammed into multiple states over the weekend.

Flash flood warnings were in effect in greater Springfield, Missouri, on Friday, April 4, as authorities forecasted up to 5 inches of rain through the day.The Springfield-Greene County Office of Emergency Management said: “1-2 inches of rain have already fallen this morning,

Possibly historic rainfall is expected over the next few days in parts of southern Missouri and northern Arkansas. A flood watch is in effect through Saturday evening for the Springfield area and regions to the south, east and northeast. Kyle Perez is a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Springfield.

The National Weather Service says a "multi-day catastrophic and potentially historic" storm is expected to impact multiple states. Thousands have lost power in Missouri and other states, and a person was killed Wednesday evening in the southeast part of the state.