AUGUSTA (AP) — Federal weather forecasters say Maine remains a higher-thannormal risk for flooding over the next two weeks.
Officials say river levels and stream flows are above normal because of melting snow, and that could present a problem with a rainstorm forecast for the coming week.
The River Flow Advisory Commission held a conference call Thursday, even as ice jams were creating problems around Allagash and Caribou in northern Maine.
That Allagash ice jam prompted a flood warning from the National Weather Service. Minor flooding also was being reported near Caribou and Fairfield.
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