The state continues to be at a slightly higher than normal risk for flooding. That's according to the state’s River Flow Advisory Commission, which met Thursday, for the second time this season.
Commission members said that while rivers in southern Maine are mostly ice free, in northern Maine it's a different story.
"The rivers still have as much as 40 inches of ice on them," said Susan Faloon, with the Maine Emergency Management Agency.
Faloon said cooler than average temperatures are slowing down the snow and ice melt process. "The time period where we'll be most at risk for flooding will be in about two to four weeks," she said.
At that time, she said, temperatures are expected to rebound, causing a fast melt and potential ice jams.
The commission also found that groundwater levels are lagging behind, due to a lack of snow melt. But that, it concluded, should change as temperatures warm up.
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