Does the Ohio River flood often?

Does anybody know "WHY" the Cincinnati Ohio river is flooding when it's NOT even raining over there?

I've lived in Cincinnati for more years than I can remember. I recall a pretty bad flood in Madisonville and that surrounding areas when I was a little girl. Our family had to go to the attic to escape the water that filled the first floor of our house. (Of course that was when there was a creek along the path that is now Red Bank Expressway) Okay, I'm old.

In recent years, I've seen the river flood Eastern Ave./Riverside Dr., just a few years ago, in fact. That doesn't happen too often. When the rain is heavy enough though, the California area, including Riverbend, River Downs and Coney Island gets a little waterlogged.