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Mar 25, 2009 6:57 am US/Central

St. Cloud Area Residents Watch Rising Waters

Slideshow: Flooding In Red River Valley

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) ― Rising water was a concern among some St. Cloud residents on Tuesday.

A faster-than-predicted rise of the Sauk River led to flood warnings and sandbagging in Cold Spring and Sartell. Stearns County also partially activated its emergency operations center Tuesday evening.

The National Weather Service says the Sauk River passed the 6-foot mark into flood stage Tuesday afternoon. By evening, it was 6.37 feet and rising.

The Mississippi River flirted with its flood stage of 9 feet: the gauge at St. Cloud State University recorded 8.97 feet.

Suzanne Mesna, who lives along the Mississippi north of Sauk Rapids, said an ice jam dragging 10- to 12-foot logs had choked the river, creating a "picture of devastation."

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