20 Aug 07 - Rescue workers resumed their search Monday morning for a man
reported missing after heavy flooding that killed at least thirteen people and caused
mass evacuations in southeastern Minnesota. Steady rain continued overnight as
National Guard soldiers guarded the small towns that cleared out after the
devastating flooding early Sunday.
"This is the worst disaster that's hit southeast Minnesota in a lifetime," state
Sen. Sharon Erickson Ropes said.
The governor declared a state of emergency in six counties -- Winona,
Wabasha, Fillmore, Houston, Steele and Olmsted.
The same storm hammered southwestern Wisconsin. National Weather
Service Meteorologist Tod Rieck in La Crosse, Wis., said a storm system
that parked over southeastern Minnesota and southwestern Wisconsin
dumped 6 to 8 inches of rain on Saturday, with some areas receiving as
much as a foot.
He said the Kickapoo river in Wisconsin was at a record crest on Sunday,
and the Root River in Minnesota was at or near a record crest.
The weather service warned of more heavy rain across the southern third of
the state on Monday, including thunderstorms in the southwest corner of the state.
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Have this kind of weather occured on globally scale like it is now? Or do you think I'm going nuts?
