Mississippi River Flooding Prompts Evacuations, Sandbagging
Huge snowpack that began to quickly melt leading to near-record river levels
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Huge snowpack that began to quickly melt leading to near-record river levels
Huge snowpack that began to quickly melt leading to near-record river levels
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.
Communities along the Upper Mississippi River scrambled Wednesday as the always-massive river swelled to near-record levels, forcing some to evacuate while others downstream stacked sandbag walls and closed off flood-prone areas.
The flooding of the Mississippi River prompted home evacuations of residents, while others stacked sandbags walls. The river flooded low-lying parks and streets by Wednesday.