The Ohio River is inching closer to moderate flood stage after heavy rains earlier this week.
A flood warning is currently in effect for the Ohio River at Cincinnati until late Saturday evening, according to the National Weather Service.
Forecasters say the river will rise to a crest of 56 feet, the highest water levels have been in Cincinnati since February 2019 and just crosses the threshold into moderate flooding. The river is expected to rise to a crest of 56.0 feet early Thursday morning. It will then fall below flood stage Saturday evening, forecasters said.
As of 4 p.m. Wednesday, the river was at 55.6 feet.
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The full-time mother said some of her children even get physically sick from being online for so long. Her son, who attends Spencer High School, vomits and gets migraines from being online all day.
Her daughter, a seventh grader at Walnut Hills High School, used to be a model student with a strong personality. Now she is failing miserably; these days she takes medication and goes to therapy to manage her depression.