Moline, Rock Island wary as rivers rise

By Washington Examiner
Published July 1, 2014 8:40pm ET
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Moline, Rock Island wary as rivers rise
This photo from video provided courtesy of WMAQ-TV in Chicago shows air travelers wheeling their luggage toward Chicago's O'Hare International Airport Tuesday, July 1, 2014, after sudden rains flooded the Kennedy Expressway, a major thoroughfare that runs to the airport. Desperate travelers were forced to get out of taxis and haul their luggage the rest of the way to the airport. (AP Photo/Courtesy of WMAQ-TV Chicago) | AP

MOLINE, Ill. (AP) — The rising Mississippi and Rock rivers apparently are stoking flooding concerns in at least two north-central Illinois cities.

In 40,000-resident Rock Island, the Mississippi as of mid-day Tuesday had risen to more than three feet above flood stage and was expected to swell another two feet before cresting Thursday afternoon.

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