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Tuesday, 16 March 2010 08:08 |
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DAVIS, S.D. (AP) _ Turner County farmer Dave Smit says flooding
in the Vermillion River basin near Davis is the worst in memory.
Snowmelt and heavy rain have driven the James, Vermillion and
Big Sioux rivers up to and out of their banks in some places. Ice
jams near bridges have made the situation worse.
National Weather Service hydrologist Mike Gillispie says that
barring any more widespread rain, the worst of the flooding should
be over by the end of the weekend.
But several highways in the Centerville and Davis areas remain
closed, along with some roads in the Huron area.
In Sioux Falls, city officials have been forced to release
untreated wastewater into the Big Sioux River to keep the sanitary
sewer system from backing up into people's basements. Officials
don't expect any environmental problems.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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