Persistent rain causing Mississippi River to rise

By Washington Examiner
Published June 11, 2014 8:02am ET
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BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Persistent rainfall has caused the Mississippi River to rise rapidly over the last week.

The Belleville News-Democrat reports (http://bit.ly/1hGdY6f) the river was 16.5 feet on Thursday at St. Louis. By Tuesday it was 23.3 feet and rising. However, it remains well below the 30-foot flood stage.

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