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right now there is major flooding happening across the upper midwest. near record snowfall is now melting and causing the mississippi river to slowly crest. you can see here the rising water creeping up against homes and businesses in wabasha, minnesota. that s about 90 miles southwest of indianapolis. and in iowa the rising water rising so rapidly in some areas the governor there issuing a disaster disaster proclamation for at least ten counties. chad, this is flooding because of snow melting, and it is going to be very, very widespread across the floodplain. that s right. and the water is really spreading out now. we re talk not talking about the record flooding we had in fargo years ago where we were up to the second floor in downtown. that s not happening, but this is low land farmland and even into the lower river towns they are now getting flooded.
after being stranded by record snowfall. cnn s veronica miracle has the story. came in early march after unusually heavy snowfall closed off this mountain community near fresno, california never seen a year like this. jared cook was at his family s cabin near huntington s like for what he thought would be a weekend getaway until a monster storm hit everyday. another two ft of snow kept coming in and there was no way to get out. ultimately i was just trapped 10 to 12 ft of snow had piled up. the national weather service issued a dangerous weather alert and the only road in was completely shut down for weeks. became so fast and so dense between each storm, so within that it was just powder on top of powder. it was kind of like groundhogs day like a couple of days thing turned into two weeks of you in isolation, total isolation, total solitude with no other
The Great Salt Lake took a beating with the recent drought, forcing boats out of the marina last summer. As this winter's record snowpack melts, the boats are coming back.
so clearly another chapter in the saga is opening up, and it s going to be illegal, won that battle between desantis and disney. not over. adjust yes, steve contour. no. appreciate that. thank you. well, california getting hit again by more snow. more than two ft fell in some areas in just 24 hours. this has already been a winter season for the ages, with record snowfall and torrential rains. cnn s stephanie elam is in mammoth lakes in the sierra nevada s ah joins me now. wow stephanie, this is really unprecedented, isn t it? it. i mean, it really is amazing to see this much snow and let me just paint the picture of how much snow is out here and look at this sign here. you can see that there s parking sign here. it s pretty much all absconded. look at how much snow i m standing over underneath here. they re talking about 3 700 inches of snow that has fallen here in mammoth lakes approaching three ft in just the last couple of days here, and