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The visuals were stunning: Water from the Blue Earth River surged around a southern Minnesota dam, carrying a shipping container with it as it toppled utility poles, wrecked a substation and ...
At least two people are dead after severe storms and major flooding hit the Midwest, according to officials, and a dam in southern Minnesota built in the early 1900s is at risk of collapse.
Before-and-after satellite imagery of Mankato and other parts of southern Minnesota show swollen rivers and green areas swallowed by murky brown water. The photos, provided by the satellite image ...
A key dam in Minnesota partially failed on Monday afternoon after severe flooding hit the region.. The Rapidan Dam in Blue Earth County, Minnesota is breaking down as rushing waters sweep debris ...
A large swath of heavy rain fell across most of southern Minnesota during Saturday, August 18, and Sunday, August 19, with the highest totals in the far southeast counties of the state. Twenty-four-hour rainfall totals of 15.10 inches (384 mm) were recorded in Hokah , which easily broke the old state record of 10.84 inches (275 mm) .
The Rapidan Dam in Minnesota is in a precarious state after recent flooding of the Blue Earth River, prompting officials on Monday to warn that the structure is in "imminent failure condition."
The governors of Minnesota and Wisconsin declared states of emergency during the flooding. [15] [16] [17] On October 13, 2010, the U.S. federal government declared the flooding to have been a "major disaster" in a 21-county region of Minnesota. [18] Eight additional Minnesota counties were added to the disaster area declaration on October 19. [19]
The June 2008 Midwestern United States floods were flooding events which affected portions of the Midwestern United States. After months of heavy precipitation, a number of rivers overflowed their banks for several weeks at a time and broke through levees at numerous locations.