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The U.S. Coast Guard is using resources from around the Great Lakes to help rescue flooding victims in Minnesota.
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The U.S. Coast Guard is using resources from around the Great Lakes to help rescue flooding victims in Minnesota.
The devastation from the Northland floods is only getting worse Friday morning. In fact, locals and government officials in the Northland say they've never seen it this bad.
The animal rights group PETA is pressing for legal action after a number of animals at a Duluth zoo were killed amid flash flooding.
Minnesota has taken the first formal step toward seeking a federal disaster declaration for its ongoing flooding.
The mayor of Duluth says there is at least $100 million worth of damage to clean up. In a time where budgets are tight, where does the clean-up money come from?
Residents of Duluth began Thursday to assess the damage from flooding caused by historic rainfall, even as areas farther south continued to fight rising waters.
Extensive flood damage in northeast Minnesota could disrupt your weekend plans.
Two vehicles in central Wisconsin plunged into a ravine created when heavy rains washed away a 50-foot stretch of highway, killing three people, authorities said Thursday.
A couple of seals were actually able to make their way out of the park Wednesday. They, along with some other zoo animals, are now coming to the Como Zoo in St. Paul.
Among those waiting for floodwaters to drop are seven stranded campers.
The National Weather Service says rainfall Tuesday and Wednesday in Duluth is a record breaker. National Weather Service meteorologist Kevin Kraujalis says it's the wettest two-day period in Duluth history.
Parking lots usually crowded with cars are now replaced by lakes. Streets are now rivers – kayaks are the best way to get around.
The flooding has been so bad in Carlton, Minn. that hundreds of residents have been asked to evacuated.
Several animals escaped from their cages and more than a dozen drowned at the Lake Superior Zoo in Duluth due to flooding.
Duluth Mayor Don Ness has declared a state of emergency due to the serious flooding in his northeastern Minnesota city. More than five inches of rain in less than 24 hours caused the major flooding, according to city officials.
The heartache for Scott and Faith Bergemann began last Thursday night. They came home to find 3 feet of water in their basement, and spent all of the next day hauling out what little they could salvage.
Severe thunderstorms overnight across the Twin Cities metro have wreaked havoc once again, toppling trees and knocking out power to tens of thousands of people.
The state is saturated after another round of heavy rains. In Welch, a small town near Red Wing, a roadway washed away because of fast-rising waters.
Nobody in the southern part of the state needed Sunday night's rain -- it's already water-logged.
The Cannon River has fallen 8 feet from its Thursday morning crest, and the Little Cannon River is just inches from being back within its banks, according to the Cannon Falls Police Department.
Water receded in Cannon Falls on Friday, and officials were cautiously optimistic the worst was over after heavy rains sent the Cannon River and the Little Cannon River over their banks earlier in the day and prompted a voluntary evacuation of about two dozen homes.
In the last week we've seen more than 12 inches of rain, and it has caused rising water levels in lakes, rivers and streams.
Heavy rainfalls and high water levels are creating problems for boaters and recreational trail users throughout Minnesota.
The St. Paul district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says a Grand Rapids lake is expected to rise rapidly over the next few days.
Behind some of the clouds is silver lining. For one, drought conditions finally broke around most of the state.
