(Radio Iowa) – The Mississippi River at Burlington was above flood stage by Sunday night and is expected to reach more than four feet above food stage by Friday.
Matt Wilson, a hydrologist with the National Weather Service in the Quad Cities, says it’s not clear yet how high the river will rise in eastern Iowa, but all the rain in Minnesota and Wisconsin is coming south in flood waves. Shannon Prado — the coordinator of Des Moines County Emergency Management — says there’s some limited flooding in Burlington, but nothing is reaching critical infrastructure due to city’s floodwall.
Docks are being pulled out of the Burlington riverfront along that floodwall and Prado says Hesco barriers that create temporary levies are being put up in the area.
