River Levels Cresting in Western Iowa, Still Rising on the Mississippi

(Council Bluffs, IA) -- The Missouri River is cresting this weekend on the Western Iowa border, in moderate flood stage at Council Bluffs. On the Eastern border the Mississippi River is still rising, and is expected to crest next weekend in major flood stage at Rock Island, Illinois, and Muscatine. Other rivers, including the Des Moines and Cedar Rivers have peaked and are starting to drop.