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Issue: 1247 Date: 7/17/2014
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Forecasters Predict Lower Water Levels For Mississippi River Towns
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| A house in Clarksville, Mo. is ready for the rising waters on Saturday, July 5, 2014. |
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Weather forecasters are predicting slow relief for Missouri and Illinois towns battling floods.
A number of towns situated along the Mississippi River have been dealing with rising waters over the past few days. The northeast Missouri town of Clarksville is experiencing its sixth flood in the past decade, while roads around Grafton, Illinois, are also under water.
Speaking Wednesday on St. Louis on the Air, Mark Fuchs of the National Weather Service said the river is nearly at its crest around Clarksville. He also said crests have already taken place in Missouri cities such as Hannibal and Louisiana.
While Fuchs said there's more rain in the offing, he added "none of that numerically predicted rainfall appears to be heavy enough to send the river back up."
"There could be a slowing down of the recession or a flattening out of the river over a day or two," Fuchs said. "But I don't see any rain in the offing that would introduce a second crest, so to speak."
But the flooding is still having an impact on Grafton. Joseph Monroe of the Illinois Department of Transportation said a portion of Illinois Route 100 is closed. He also said Brussels Ferry is shut down.
Monroe said he anticipates the highway will be closed anywhere from a week to 10 days. He said drivers who typically use Illinois Route 100 should take a detour of Illinois Route 3 to Illinois Route 109 to Illinois Route 16.
"The river is still rising in that area," Monroe said. "We have probably five city blocks which are completely underwater and another two or three that have intermittent water across Illinois 100 in that town."
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