Rain prompts flood worries in Mo., Ill., Iowa
By | Associated Press – 1 hr 26 mins ago- Associated Press/United States Coast Guard, Colby Buchanan - FILE - This Dec. 5, 2012 file photo provided by The United States Coast Guard shows barges passing in tight quarters due to low water levels as they
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Mississippi River, so low for much of the winter that barge traffic was nearly halted, could reach up to 10 feet above flood stage by the middle of next week in parts of Iowa, Illinois and Missouri, National Weather Service hydrologists said Wednesday.
The weather service is predicting
3 to 4 inches of rain — and perhaps more — from Kansas City, Mo., to
Chicago by Friday morning, the result of an unsettled weather pattern
that prompted widespread tornado and thunderstorm watches. Soil is
already saturated from an unusually wet early spring, raising concerns
along the Mississippi from the Quad Cities, which are along the Iowa-Illinois border, south to St. Louis.
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