One Waterville, Minnesota, resident said 'hundreds of cabins and homes' have been flooded and that his cabin saw about 18 inches of water.
Flooding that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has described as 'catastrophic' has taken over much of the state, leaving 'entire communities under feet of water.'Officials in Waterville said their area is experiencing the worst flooding in its history and that the Minnesota National Guard has been activated to help with the toll. Walz declared a peacetime emergency for the state over the weekend, which allowed the National Guard to deploy.
The water continues to rise and officials say they don't know when it's going to stop,' CBS News Minnesota's Jason Rantala reported on Sunday. 'We just have too much water,' Le Sueur County Commissioner David Preisler said. Locals have been posting countless photos and videos of the damage on social media. One resident said on Sunday evening that 'hundreds of cabins and homes' have been flooded, along with most of the downtown area.
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