I've seen pictures of the flooding and it looks pretty bad. I live beside (well, not directly beside) the Mississippi River and have seen some floods over the years. The power of a flooding major river is really something to behold. On a practical level, it is also a real pain in the wazoo.
The jet stream in the States seems to have shifted back to a more normal position (rain and big snow now in the west with the polar air retreating to the north and out of the Midwest). Hopefully that will help you out too.