People along the Mississippi River in southeast Iowa and northwest Illinois are warily watching rising water levels from the spring snow melt
A city worker inspects the HESCO sand barriers along River Drive between Iowa and Perry Streets, Friday, April 28, 2023, in Davenport, Iowa. The Upper Mississippi River will rise to near record-high levels as it flows through Wisconsin and Iowa, but officials said Thursday they expected to hold back floodwaters with a combination of flood walls, temporary barriers and wetlands, especially if dry weather continues.
The river peaked in the Dubuque area Saturday at 23.03 feet — well below the 25.7 feet record — but officials there were grateful to have the floodwall the city built 50 years ago in place. The river is expected to crest at around 21.6 feet on Monday in the Quad-Cities area, where several neighboring cities sit along the Iowa-Illinois line. Some roads and parks near the river are closed. The record at that spot is 22.7 feet .In recent days the Mississippi flooded low-lying parks and trails in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and flooded streets and basements in the town of Campbell on French Island, which lies in the Mississippi and Black rivers just west of La Crosse.
Melissa Tairi, a Prairie du Chien resident, told KCRG-TV she was dealing with two to three feet of water in her home's basement and that neighbors came over and helped pile sandbags up over her driveway. “The water in the basement is staying about the same" despite efforts to pump it out, she said.
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