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Massive ice jam on river forcing water out of banks
A massive ice jam on the Rock River southwest of Prophetstown is causing flooding of fields and some roads in the area, including closing portions of Illinois 78.
Posted — UpdatedBy WQAD Digital Team
PROPHETSTOWN, ILLINOIS — A massive ice jam on the Rock River southwest of Prophetstown is causing flooding of fields and some roads in the area, including closing portions of Illinois 78.
WQAD viewer Tad Skromme – who is an engineer with the Illinois Department of Transportation – shared some video and pictures his son Kyle captured with a drone of the massive jam, which appears to be slowly breaking up.
Much of the jam seems centered around Indian Island, which splits the river in half just south of Moline Road on the outskirts of Prophetstown.
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