20 river gauges are in major flood stage across the Midwest, with more potentially damaging flooding expected in the coming days and weeks as the snow from this year's blockbuster season continues to melt.
Twenty river gauges are in major flood stage across the Midwest, with more potentially damaging flooding expected in the coming days and weeks as the snow from this year’s blockbuster season continues to melt. This year’s river rise could lead to some of the worst flooding in 20 years in some places, with most river gauges in major flood stage along the Mississippi River from St. Paul, Minnesota, to Davenport, Iowa.
“We’ve used the lessons learned and the forensic analysis that the Corps of Engineers gave us to set the barriers and set the pumps, and we have public works people doing 24/7 shifts,” Matson said. “We’re fully engaged, so we’ll see where Mother Nature and the Mississippi decides to go.” Widely changing temperatures put runoff in flux Flood warnings now are in place for rivers in the Upper Midwest from the US-Canadian border to north of St.
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