Flood protections, including a temporary floodwall made of HESCO barriers, were erected in Davenport, Iowa, with assistance from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Rock Island District on April 8 in anticipation of the Mississippi River cresting 18 ft, considered major flood stage, throughout the Quad Cities area.
Minor flooding of some roads was already observed on April 10 as the river’s height reached 16.9 ft, according to the National Weather Service. Water affects major roadways in the Quad Cities—which includes Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa and Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline in Ill.—at around 17 ft.
