Flooding takes out bridges, weakens dams, evacuates towns By Codi Vallery-Mills It began as one inch, and then two, and before farmers in southeastern South Dakota, Nebraska, and northwestern Iowa knew it they were past the 10-inch mark for rain in a few short days. South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem stated in a press conference Monday that Canton, South Dakota had received 18.2 inches since Thursday of last week. It was said 21 of the state’s 66 counties were experiencing flooding. Iowa was even worse with the majority of the state seeing flood waters. Both states’ Governors Kristi Noem and...

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