![]() Local students and volunteers are helping him build his sandbag barrier. Every morning like clockwork, he wakes around 4 a.m. “You don’t sleep at night,” Murphy said about living so close to the rising river. It’s a routine he and his wife, Willa, 81, have been through numerous times. In Camanche, Iowa, 84-year-old Jack Murphy helped stack sandbags in his backyard to protect his home, once again, from a flooding Mississippi River. The upper river flooded to its highest levels ever in 1965, and its second-highest in 2001. But this year, the snow was often heavy and wet, and a string of unseasonably warm days at the beginning of April kicked off a massive melt.įor many who live and work along the river, this spring’s flooding is reminiscent of major floods of the past. ![]() Though the water is expected to crest and start receding in most places by next week, its impacts will linger.Īs of Thursday morning, the National Weather Service had issued 58 flood warnings in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois and Missouri.Įach spring, the river expands when snow melts across the upper basin. The swollen Big Muddy is overtopping some upriver locks, spilling over roads and soaking fields, parks and businesses. In some communities, the floodwaters are among the top three on record. Sign up for our newsletter to get our news straight to your inbox.Ī very wet winter is bringing major spring flooding along the upper Mississippi River. Wisconsin Watch is a member of the network. This story is a product of the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, an editorially independent reporting network based at the University of Missouri School of Journalism in partnership with Report For America and funded by the Walton Family Foundation.
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