People, animals flee floods in NE Minnesota city
Jun. 20 10:02 AM EDT
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A car navigates high rushing water in Duluth, Minn., Tuesday evening, June 19, 2012, after heavy rains hit the area. Floods fed by a steady torrential downpour forced road closures in northeastern Minnesota on Wednesday, and some people were being urged to evacuate their homes because of the rising St. Louis River. Interstate 35 and downtown tunnels in Duluth were closed and police recommended emergency travel only, warning that numerous sinkholes and washouts were making travel dangerous. (AP Photo/The Duluth News-Tribune, Clint Austin)
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Floodwaters rush past a home in Duluth, Minn., Tuesday, June 19, 2012, after heavy rains hit the area. Floods fed by a steady torrential downpour forced road closures in northeastern Minnesota on Wednesday, and some people were being urged to evacuate their homes because of the rising St. Louis River. Interstate 35 and downtown tunnels in Duluth were closed and police recommended emergency travel only, warning that numerous sinkholes and washouts were making travel dangerous. (AP Photo/The Duluth News-Tribune, Clint Austin)
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James Horsch works clears away the huge shade tree that fell in his front yard at 75 W. Logan Ave. in West St. Paul after high winds caused damage and power outages throughout the Twin Cities metro area, Tuesday morning, June 19, 2012. (AP Photo/St. Paul Pioneer Press, John Doman) NO MAGS; MANDATORY CREDIT; MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE OUT
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Floods fed by a steady torrential downpour have forced residents to evacuate their homes and animals to flee their pens at a zoo in a northeast Minnesota city.
Police spokesman Jim Hansen says officers helped staff at the Lake Superior Zoo in Duluth to catch escaped animals, including a polar bear, after up to 8 inches of rain fell on the area late Tuesday.
Zoo officials said Wednesday that some barnyard animals died, but that none left the zoo grounds.
Elsewhere in Duluth, Interstate 35 and downtown tunnels are closed and authorities say conditions are too dangerous for driving due to sinkholes and washouts.
Hansen says about a dozen homes in Fond du Lac have been evacuated.
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