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June 26, 2025
Highway 82 collapses due to area rainfall
Over the weekend, two roads in southeastern Missouri, as well as in several other central states, buckled due to extreme heat.
When what appeared to be a similar collapse of state Highway 82 between McQuicks Grocery and the Cherokee County line south of Snake Creek, recent debilitating heat was a suspect.
But Chris Wallace, District 1 engineer for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT), says the unusual 36 inches of rain Sequoyah County has received in the past six months is actually the...