September 23, 2010
Photos from MPR staff and listeners of areas that experienced heavy rains and flooding on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Rains continued in several areas of souther Minnesota overnight and more flooding was expected Friday.
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From left, Jordan Lee, 17, paddles friends Paige Jorgenson, 15, and Kassi Clear, 17, in the floodwaters near Lee's home in Owatonna, Minn. Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo
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Owatonna, MN, USA — Law enforcement servicemen examine the rising water levels in the Straight River in Owatonna, Minn. Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo
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Owatonna, MN, USA — A woman walks through flooded streets and driving rain in Owatonna, Minn. Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo
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Men, women, boys and girls help fill sandbags Thursday afternoon near the New Richland Care Center as the residents battled rising waters in many places near a creek that flows through the city. (Michelle Haacke/Albert Lea Tribune) link to this photo
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Water shoots up from a manhole cover on Eighth Avenue in Ellendale, Minn. on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (Tim Engstrom/Albert Lea Tribune) link to this photo
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Owatonna, MN, USA — Michelle Rush walks through floodwaters as she and Burgin Russell look to help neighbors sandbag their home in Owatonna, Minn. Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo
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Medford, MN, USA — A utility worker checks lines in Straight River Park in Medford, Minn. Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo
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Flooding along Main Street in Pine Island, Minn., on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (Photo courtesy of Abraham G. Algadi) link to this photo
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Owatonna, MN, USA — Craig Sletten, left, and Trinity Emery work to sandbag Sletton's home as it is threatened with floodwaters in Owatonna, Minn. Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo
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Flooding along Highway 14, near Owatonna, Minn. on Sept. 23, 2010. (Submitted photo/Jessica Gunther) link to this photo
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