GRAND COULEE DAM, Wash. — The giant concrete dams of the Pacific Northwest are overflowing with water. Wyoming has deployed National Guard troops to pile up sandbags. A federal official compares the impending situation to a bucking bull ready to storm out of his chute.
Snow melting, dams filling, floods feared in West
Thursday, June 2, 2011 | 5:51 p.m. CDT;
updated 6:55 p.m. CDT, Thursday, June 2, 2011
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