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Ohio governor declares state of emergency as waters rise

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 23, 2007 7:02 AM CDT

(Newser) – Ohio towns were turned into lakes as some of the worst flooding in a century spread across the Midwest yesterday, displacing hundreds of people, reports the AP. Locals in the town on Findlay, Ohio, not far from the Indiana border, navigated the submerged streets in... Read full story »

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