South Dakota residents prepare to leave homes as Missouri River waters rise

High water due to snowmelt and spring rain could keep them from homes for two months
Monday, May 30, 2011 | 7:00 p.m. CDT; updated 11:38 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, May 31, 2011

PIERRE, S.D. — Residents of Dakota Dunes, a city in southeast South Dakota, were told on Monday to prepare to leave their homes by Thursday as the Missouri River continued to rise.

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