The flooding, which left huge sinkholes and
ripped up dozens of roads, also forced hundreds of people from their homes and
killed several zoo animals.
Mayor Don Ness said the flood was the worst in
the history of the Lake Superior port city, surpassing a 1972 flood both in
damage and rainfall, and he estimated the damage to public infrastructure at $50
to $80 million dollars.
"It has
overwhelmed our storm water system. It has damaged our street system, our parks
and trails have been decimated by this storm," he said.
Ness met with Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton
and state officials in
"It's horrific,"
Dayton told reporters after a tour of flood-damaged areas. "To see wipeouts of
whole roads that I've been traveling on for years and the vastness of the impact
here and the impact on some of the key industries, the paper mills and the
taconite production is really very concerning."
There were close calls, but no deaths have been
reported from the flooding caused by up to 10 inches of rain.
From June 17 to 20, the arrowhead of The floodwaters submerged two-thirds of the
Lake Superior Zoo, drowning 11 animals. Gov. Mark Dayton, who toured flood-ravaged
areas on Thursday, said he was committed to providing state resources, and would
work to speed the process of getting appropriate federal aid.
abclocal.go.com State officials said Thursday about 200
residents from the
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