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All over the Mississippi Valley region, rivers quickly rose near record flood stages and homes were submerged.
Louisiana National Guard spokesman Col. Pete Schneider called it the most widespread non-hurricane flooding the guard has ever dealt with, reports the Associated Press.
More than 24 inches of rain have fallen in the hardest-hit places, and the impacts are expected to be felt for days as rivers continue their rise, even after the rainfall subsides…
