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Souris rises rapidly, hits record flood level

Posted at 5:06 PM on June 24, 2011 by Michael Olson (0 Comments)
Filed under: Floods

AP: The Souris broke a more than 130-year-old record at noon when it measured 1,558.52 feet above sea level at the city's Broadway Bridge. That was about 9. 5 feet above flood stage and a half-foot higher than the record set in 1881.

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