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Widespread Flooding Brings Misery To Midwest

Officials attributed at least two deaths to the flooding, which has reached historic levels in some areas.

No immediate relief is in sight for a swathe of the Midwest where heavy rain, melting snow and rising rivers have shuttered schools, closed roads and prompted several evacuations.

With rainfall — totaling several inches — not expected to let up until the weekend, the National Weather Service has issued and throughout the

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