The Mississippi River Has Been Flooding For 41 Days Now
The record-breaking flooding is threatening communities and farmland along the upper Mississippi. Davenport, Iowa, is experiencing downtown flooding. The high water is continuing to move downriver.
Update3d at 9:08 p.m. ET
The Mississippi River has been at major flood stage for 41 days and counting, and this week a temporary wall failed, sending water rushing into several blocks of downtown Davenport, Iowa.
In that same area — the Quad Cities area of Iowa and Illinois — the river crested at a new record height. The appears to have been set at Rock Island, Ill.
