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Heavy rain is expected to pound the east slopes of the Cascades through this evening. The National Weather Service says it could be up to three inches. Individuals living in these areas should be aware of the increase in water levels

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Flood warnings continue for the Naches River. The National Weather Service says the flood stage is 16 feet, but the river is currently at 16.4 feet. Minor flooding is being reported and the river is expected to begin receding later today. Officials say the water is high from

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Dave Ettl here...after discharge from the Army back in 1977  I moved to Minot, ND and earned a double major at Minot State University in Broadcasting  and Psychology.  Great little town and I got my start in commercial radio and Tv there as well.    Lot's of us transplanted North Dakotans live in Yakima and most of us keep track of events back in the midwest.  My heart goes out to the wonderful, kind and strong people of the Northern Plains about to face a major flood.

 Disastrous. Unstoppable. Historic. Unprecedented.

All words used to describe what city, county and state officials warn is an imminent assault on all residents of the Souris River Valley.

The highest flows ever recorded on the Souris are approaching a city whose defenses are destined to be over run. Can the city hold?

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Waging war against flooding of historic proportions that has already affected thousands of people in eight Midwestern and Southern states, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened a spillway Monday north of New Orleans in an effort to calm the rising Mississippi River.

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