Across the
Corn Belt, rain stretches from the Great Lakes region into the middle
Mississippi Valley. The rain, in some cases falling on already saturated soils,
is sparking new areas of flooding. In addition, the Mississippi River is
already running high due to runoff from melted snow and earlier rainfall. Early
Wednesday, the Mississippi River at Rock Island, Illinois, was more than 7.2
feet above flood stage and slowly rising—and about 0.4 foot (approximately 5
inches) below the July 1993 crest record.
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