Doyle Rice

USA TODAY

River flooding in the upper Midwest continues due to extremely heavy rain earlier in the month.

Nearly 100 gauges were at some level of flood stage in the upper Midwest on Monday, with 14 listed at "major" flood stage, the National Weather Service reports. Many are along the Mississippi River in Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois and Missouri.

Hydrologists with the weather service are projecting the Mississippi will reach major flood stage at St. Paul during much of this week, AccuWeather reports. It is not expected to reach record levels, however.

The Mississippi continues to threaten some neighborhoods in St. Paul, rising more than 3 feet above flood stage. The river was about a foot over flood stage Monday in Wabasha, Minn., which is experiencing some minor flooding. The Mississippi is also above the flood stage downstream in Winona.

Other rivers are also affected: A bridge over the St. Croix River in Stillwater, Minn., was closed due to flooding, KARE-TV reported. The bridge connects Stillwater with Houlton, Wis. It will remain closed until further notice, officials said.

The town of Blakely, Minn., southwest of the Twin Cities, remained without power Monday as Xcel Energy officials said conditions were still too dangerous for crews to restore the power following last week's floods.

People in the town have been completely cut off from their homes because the only road into town started giving way.

The surging Crow River in Delano has become a spectacle for local residents, with pedestrians watching the rising, rushing river from a downtown bridge. Owners of the Three Crows Cafe in Delano have shut off gas and electric services as water encroaches, despite its pumps.

"We've had to do this two times before, but this is the worst," cafe owner Gina Coburn said.

Mississippi River levels will continue to rise during late June into early July farther downstream at Quincy, Ill., and eventually St. Louis, according to AccuWeather.

Low-lying areas not protected by levees, such as farmland, waterfront properties and some roadways, will be inundated once river levels surpass flood stage, AccuWeather meteorologist Alex Sosnowski reports.

Some spots have picked up two to three times as much rain as normal this month: So far in June, Minneapolis has seen almost 11 inches of rain; the city would typically have picked up only about three inches of rain at this point in the month, the weather service reported.

Contributing: Associated Press, KARE-TV