Mississippi River flooding prompts evacuations, sandbagging

Mississippi River flooding prompts evacuations, sandbagging

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Communities along the Upper Mississippi River scrambled Wednesday as the always-massive river swelled to near-record levels, forcing some to evacuate while others downstream stacked sandbag walls and closed off flood-prone areas. The river has grown so large because of a huge snowpack in northern…

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