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The surge of water from the storms that hit the region early Friday continues to move down the Zumbro River.

The Channel One Regional Foodbank in Rochester was significantly impacted by Friday's flooding.

Water levels in areas of Olmsted and Dodge Counties began dropping Friday afternoon after an overnight deluge resulted in widespread flash flooding followed by flooding along the South Branch of the Zumbro River.

Flooding on the South Branch of the Zumbro River has disrupted traffic on Highway 52 between Rochester and Pine Island.

The month of May in the Rochester area can be summarized using just four words: cool and very wet.

As advertised, the storm system that moved through the region this weekend produced some impressive rainfall totals.

The flooding along the Mississippi River in southeastern Minnesota this year is among the 10 worst on record, but the flood crests ended up being significantly lower than the dire predictions made shortly after the record-setting snowstorms in February and March.

The National Weather Service has come out with its first spring flood crest predictions for the Mississippi River in southeastern Minnesota and it appears the high water marks will be well below the record highs set in 1965.

A video by Jake Heitman shows the severity of spring river flooding along the Minnesota River.

The Dodge County Sheriff's Department is monitoring a large ice dam that has formed on the Middle Fork of the Zumbro River.

High water levels from melting snow in the rain are impacting travel throughout southern Minnesota.

A growing number of state highways and other roadways across southeastern Minnesota are being affected by rising water levels due to the melting snow and rain.

The National Weather Service has issued a worrisome forecast for areas of southeastern Minnesota, northeastern Iowa and southwestern Wisconsin that have been socked recently by torrential rains and damaging flooding.

Gov. Mark Dayton today submitted a formal request to the White House asking President Trump to issue a major federal disaster declaration for Minnesota communities hit hard by severe storms and flooding between June 15th and June 12th.