The record high was 25 feet, 3 inches (7.7 meters) in April 1965.
The water was expected to continue rising each day until Saturday, when it’s expected to crest at just under 25 feet (7 meters). Emergency officials have not issued mandatory evacuation orders, though, he said.Ībout 60 miles (100 kilometers) downriver from La Crosse at Prairie du Chien, the Mississippi was a little more than 6 feet (1.8 meters) above flood stage Wednesday morning. Melby estimated a half-dozen people have decided to evacuate after the rising waters forced emergency workers to cut power and gas to their homes. In the city of Campbell, located on an island in the Mississippi and Black rivers near La Crosse, Wisconsin, Fire Chief Nate Melby said some residents had to use canoes to reach their homes. In the small riverfront community of Buffalo, Iowa, residents - wary of the devastating floods of 2019 - were stockpiling sandbags as they braced for flooding this weekend and early next week. DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Some residents along the swelling Upper Mississippi River evacuated their homes this week while others scrambled Wednesday to stack sandbags in preparation for what forecasters say could be near-record flooding caused by the rapid melting of a huge snowpack in northern Minnesota.Ī small number of people had to leave their homes in Wisconsin as the river kept rising.
