North Dakota water officials: Missouri River flood warnings late

Sunday, August 21, 2011 | 5:47 p.m. CDT; updated 6:41 p.m. CDT, Sunday, August 21, 2011

BISMARCK, N.D. — Top U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personnel in charge of managing the Missouri River's dam system exchanged internal emails in late April that described the upcoming flood season as "a huge water year" and possibly "one of the wettest years on record."

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