The National Weather Service on Monday morning warned that the international river could swell through Thursday evening and cause “minor flooding.” The City of Laredo on Monday evening said river levels may reach 16 feet at the Colombia-Solidarity International Bridge,

This comes after severe weather slammed parts of the Plains and Midwest over the past 24 hours. Eastern Iowa was hit particularly hard by damaging winds and flash flooding. Further south, this same system triggered a new threat of heavy rain and possible flash flooding in the southern Plains this weekend,