“We’re just hoping that the weather cooperates and we have what we would consider a minimal rainfall over the next 30 days so that we can get things to start to dry out, and not contribute to any more saturation of the road beds and and right-of-way areas,” he said.įor the now the water remains too high to start assessing damage, but Poellinger said crews should be able to start that process this weekend.

And if water levels had risen a foot more, Poellinger said, there would’ve been damage to the rail line and more homes. Mayor Mike Poellinger said Monday that this season’s flooding was the second worst the city has seen since 1965. In southeast Minnesota, the water levels along the Mississippi River are falling but about 100 residents in La Crescent will remain evacuated until early next week as the flooding recedes. Evacuations still in place in La Crescent River levels across most of the state are dropping, though the water was still rising on Monday along the Red River near the Canadian border. So far it’s been pretty good news - every morning when I wake up and look at the hydrograph, it’s dropped a little bit further than they thought it would the night before.” “The river is dropping faster than it’s been forecast to drop.

“I’m still hoping for Memorial Day weekend,” he said. But if the river continues dropping, removal work could begin later this month. Kozlowski said the temporary levee built to protect downtown Stillwater will remain in place for now.

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