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risk of failing. we are dealing with a catastrophic loss. norah: plus dangerous heat inspecting tens of millions of americans from coast to coast. the news starts now. there is a new round of severe storms spanning the midwest tonight treating fresh have. good evening to your crime norah o donnell. and we are going to begin our broadcast once again tonight with wild weather in the u.s. it has been our lead story almost every night for the past tendays. and that is because it has been the hottest, wettest start for summer ever in some areas, all made more likely by climate change. the extreme weather is having dire consequences, authorities keepig a close eye tonight on this minnesota dam that is facing imminent failure. in south dakota, entire neighborhoods have been destroyed. and for about 60 million americans, a significant heat wave continues. the good news, it will likely peak in the next few days, but the national weather service warns that heat persisting over
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Cities across the country. Next, a look at our recent visit to sioux falls, south dakota. You are watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend, on cspan3. Man has lived on the site of what sioux falls is off and on for thousands of years. Most recently in the 1850s, two rival town companies, one from dubuque, iowa, and one from st. Paul, minnesota, both set their sights on the sioux river falls is a town site and interestingly, both companies arrived within a few weeks of each other. There was speculation. They claimed land. They plotted off into lots and stuff and waited for settlers headed west to come and buy lots in this new town that didnt quite exist yet. That started in 1857, and really in the 1850s, they got along well with the indians who happened by here on their way to other places. And by 1860, there were 42 People Living in sioux falls. In the summer of 1862, there was some conflict with the sioux indians. What was called the sioux uprising by some started in a