The threat of continued flooding along the Raquette River is keeping people in river communities on alert.

More rain is in the forecast and Brookfield Renewable Power is keeping its upstream Raquette River releases going from the dam at Carry Falls.

The National Weather Service is not predicting 12-hour rainfall amounts of more than a tenth of an inch until Wednesday night. The rain that has fallen in the last couple of days is still working its way down the river from its Adirondack watershed.

The height of the water at South Colton continues its upward trend this morning, standing 8.91 feet, still below flood stage at 10 feet.

Brookfield Chief Dam Safety Engineer Jeff Auser says that "given the current and forecasted rainfall, Brookfield will be releasing approximately 7,500 cubic feet per second...as measured at the Colton Dam...in an attempt to manage storage capacity in the Carry Falls Reservoir level."

Brookfield operates hydropower turbines and the dams along the Raquette.

This morning, the flow was measured at 8,020 cubic feet per second at Colton, and at 10,800 CFS at Raymondville.

The flood advisory from the National Weather Service issued before noon Monday expires 2:15 p.m. today. The flood watch was renewed shortly before 4 a.m. today, and will expire at 2 p.m. if it is not renewed.