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Disasters

Truck crashes on I-94 at Lowry Hill tunnel

The Minnesota State Patrol and tow truck crews are clearing a multi-vehicle crash on the west bound entrance to the Lowry Hill tunnel in downtown Minneapolis Wednesday morning.
by Tim Nelson

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Capsized Chippewa canoeists still missing

A search for two missing canoeists is to resume on the Chippewa River in Eau Claire. A search crew will be back on the river early Wednesday looking for two men whose canoe capsized Tuesday afternoon.

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Photos: Fargo and Moorhead, before and during flooding

Photos: Fargo and Moorhead, before and during flooding

Even though the 2013 Red River flood is not as severe as the National Weather Service initially forecasted, it still made for dramatic images.

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Tracks reopen after train derails in S. Minn.

Railroad tracks after reopened in the southern Minnesota town of Blue Earth after 17 cars derailed on a train carrying corn.

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Worker dies in lumber mill fall

State officials are investigating after a worker was killed on the job at a northern Minnesota lumber mill over the weekend.
by Matt Sepic

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Fargo and Moorhead to see river crest in days

The Red River will crest this week in Fargo and Moorhead, several feet lower than originally expected. MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Minnesota Public Radio reporter Dan Gunderson who was in our Moorhead bureau.
by Cathy Wurzer and Dan Gunderson

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Dayton asks for storm disaster declaration

Dayton asks for storm disaster declaration

After an ice storm earlier this month caused damages estimated at $26 million, Gov. Mark Dayton is asking for a presidential disaster declaration for a five-county area of southwest Minnesota.
by Mark Steil

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Sandbag walls rise in Fargo ahead of Red River's crest

Sandbag walls rise in Fargo ahead of Red River's crest

In what's almost become a city-wide tradition, Fargo residents went about building sandbag defenses on Friday to hold back the rising Red River.
by Conrad Wilson

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Photos: Fargo flood fighters stack sandbags ahead of Red River's rise

Photos: Fargo flood fighters stack sandbags ahead of Red River's rise

While the Red River is expected to crest just below 38 feet next week at Fargo-Moorhead, sandbag dikes are being constructed to protect to 40 feet.

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