ROSTER THURSDAY THROUGH THE NFL
DRAFT.
VIKINGS HAVE EIGHT SELECTIONS.
THE FIRST PICK IS THE 30th
OVERALL PICK.
THIS EVENING, COMMUNITIES
ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON
FLOOD WATERS.
COTTON WOOD RIVER IS FIVE
FEET ABOVE AVERAGE.
IT WILL RISE ANOTHER FOOT
BEFORE IT STARTS TO RECEDE
TOMORROW.
ANGELA DAVIS VISITED THE AREA
TO TALK WITH HOMEOWNERS ABOUT
THE PLAN TO PREVENT DAMAGE.
Reporter: I AM STANDING ON A
BRIDGE OVER THE COTTON WOOD
RIVER.
PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEARBY SAY IN
THE LAST DAY THEY'VE SEEN THE
WATERS RISE QUICKLY, EVEN OVER
TAKING SOME STREETS AND PARKS.
IF YOU WERE PLANNING ON TRIP TO
ADAMS PARK IN NEW ULM, A CHANGE
OF PLANS IS NEEDED UNLESS YOU
WANT TO WADE IN FLOOD WATERS.
COTTON WOOD RIVER IS SPILLING
OVER THE BANKS CAUSING DETOURS.
A CREW IS MEASURING THE RIVER'S
FLOW AND STUDYING SEDIMENT.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE COTTON
WOOD RIVER?
IT'S VERY HIGH.
IT'S IN FLOOD STAGE.
Reporter: ACROSS TOWN,
MINNESOTA RIVER IS ALSO A SIGHT
TO SEE.
THIS WOULD NORMALLY BE ALL
GRASS HERE RIGHT UP TO ABOUT
WHERE THOSE TREE LINES ARE.
AND IT'S ACTUALLY FLOODED FROM
THERE ALL THE WAY UP TO HERE.
Reporter: IT'S STEADILY
RISING AND CAUSING CONCERN
AMONG THOSE WHO LIVE ON THE
RIVER'S EDGE.
WE ARE PANICKING A LITTLE
BIT HERE, WONDERING WHAT IS
GOING TO HAPPEN.
Reporter: RAPID MELT OF ALL
THE SNOW BANKS AROUND TOWN IS
CLEARLY HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE
TRANSITION TO SPRING.
WE TRY NOT TO WORRY.
WE ARE TAKING IT A DAY AT A
TIME.
WE JUST LOOK OUT AND PRAY TO
GOD EVERY DAY THAT WE WILL NOT
BE FLOODED OUT.
Reporter: WEDNESDAY THE THE
WATER LEVELS ON BOTH RIVERS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE EVEN HIGHER
LEAVING PEOPLE WHO LIVE OR WORK
NEARBY WAITING AND WATCHING.
ANGELA DAVIS, WCCO4 NEWS.
YOU HAVE THE COTTON WOOD
LITERALLY ON ONE SIDE OF THE
TOWN AND MINNESOTA ON THE
OTHER.
THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE.
AND WE HAD OBVIOUSLY ALL THE
SNOW, THE RECORD FOR APRIL, AND
THE RAPID MELT.
TALES NOT GOOD.
WILL WE SEE THAT A LOT?
THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE ARE
POSITIVES WITH THE FLOODING.
