Minnesotans are on flood watch this week. After a two year drought and an abnormally dry winter, we’ve been hit with weeks of rain that's got soil saturated and rivers rising.

Several cities including Delano, Henderson and Saint Paul have already closed roads near swollen rivers. Craig Schmidt, a senior hydrologist for the National Weather Service in Chanhassen joined Minnesota Now to talk about the unusual flooding.

MPR News host Cathy Wurzer also talked to Lisa Hiebert, public information officer from the City of Saint Paul’s Public Works department, about how the city near the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers is planning for high water.