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Weather
The current prediction is a 17.3-foot crest, more than a foot below the prediction of two days ago and nearly a foot-and-a-half lower than the prediction at the start of the week.
The Mississippi River in St. Paul has risen two feet in the last 24 hours, though its effect in downtown St. Paul is minimal.
Should government help flood victims?
Here’s today’s updated photo of the Mississippi River at St. Paul, where Raspberry Island is beginning to disappear.
A bridge too far
The hardest-working people in showbiz this week are the TV reporters covering the potential of flooding in downtown St. Paul. They have to do “stand-ups” in front of a river that isn’t behaving badly yet.
Despite the amount of attention projected flooding is getting, only two locations are expected to have ‘major’ flooding.
Flooding updates
What made “tornado alley” move 500 miles north — to Minnesota — this summer? Why have there been two major floods in Iowa in recent years, and annual flooding in the Red River Valley of Minnesota?
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NASA astronaut Douglas Wheelock snapped a photo of Hurricane Earl on Aug. 30, 2010 as it was located about 110 miles northeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Weather photo of the day