Photos: Damage, destruction in wake of record Duluth flood

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Flooding at 3 a.m. on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at the corner of Woodland and St. Marie streets in Duluth, Minn. (Courtesy Matthew Norris) link to this photo

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Near the top of Vermilion Road in eastern Duluth on Wednesday, June 20, 2012, looking south over a broken and buckled roadbed. (Courtesy John Goodge) link to this photo

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Another view of Vermilion Road in Duluth after flooding within Tischer Creek drainage. (Courtesy of John Goodge) link to this photo

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A blown manhole cover turns into a geyser late June 19, 2012, at 5th Street and Lake Avenue in Duluth, Minn. (Courtesy Laci Severson) link to this photo

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A car is caught in flooding on St. Marie Street in Duluth, Minn., on Wednesday June 20, 2012. (Courtesy Micaella Kinzli) link to this photo

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Flooding near the intersection of Woodland Avenue and St. Marie Street in Duluth, Minn., on Wednesday, June 20, 2012. (Courtesy Micaella Kinzli) link to this photo

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Heavy equipment begins cleaning up debris in the wake of the flooding in Duluth, Minn., Wednesday, June 20, 2012. (MPR Photo/Conrad Wilson) link to this photo

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Cleanup crews parked near a flooded street in Duluth, Minn., Wednesday, June 20, 2012. (MPR Photo/Conrad Wilson) link to this photo

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Flooding in Jay Cooke State Park destroyed the park's iconic swinging bridge on Wednesday, June 20, 2012. (Photo courtesy Loretta Cartner) link to this photo

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A flooding Tischer Creek barrels over the Congdon Park footbridge on Wednesday, June 21, 2012. "The bridges there were built in the early 1900's but upon seeing them from different angles, I'm dubious they'll withstand the floods today," Pearson said. (Photo courtesy Mickey Pearson) link to this photo

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DULUTH, MN, USA — Carl Carlson III, left, and Connie Strong, right, help Jan Martin leave her home in the Lincoln Park neighborhood after record rainfall hit the Duluth, Minn., area Wednesday June, 20, 2012. Martin remarked that she has lived in the neighborhood for 69 years and has never seen Miller Creek this high. (AP Photo/The Duluth News-Tribune, Clint Austin) link to this photo

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DULUTH, MN, USA — Molly Martin, center, comforts her mother Jan Martin, left, while talking to neighbor Connie Strong in the Lincoln Park neighborhood after record rainfall hit the Duluth, Minn., area Wednesday June, 20, 2012. (AP Photo/The Duluth News-Tribune, Clint Austin) link to this photo

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Torrential rain and flooding turned the southwest corner of Lake Superior a muddy brown, seen here a satellite image from NOAA taken Thursday, June 21, 2012. (Photo courtesy National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) link to this photo