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Water levels in areas of Olmsted and Dodge Counties began dropping Friday afternoon after an overnight deluge resulted in widespread flash flooding followed by flooding along the South Branch of the Zumbro River.

Flooding on the South Branch of the Zumbro River has disrupted traffic on Highway 52 between Rochester and Pine Island.

With the flooding going on, this video has been going viral on Facebook, showing several cows who were swept away by the flooding and floating downriver.

As advertised, the storm system that moved through the region this weekend produced some impressive rainfall totals.

A video by Jake Heitman shows the severity of spring river flooding along the Minnesota River.

The Dodge County Sheriff's Department is monitoring a large ice dam that has formed on the Middle Fork of the Zumbro River.

The National Weather Service has issued a worrisome forecast for areas of southeastern Minnesota, northeastern Iowa and southwestern Wisconsin that have been socked recently by torrential rains and damaging flooding.

It was ten years ago, this week, that southeastern Minnesota was hit by devastating flooding.

Another round of thunderstorms is expected across portions of the Upper Mississippi River Valley Friday afternoon through early Saturday morning. About 1-3 inches of rainfall is possible with perhaps some localized higher amounts. This expected heavy rainfall, coupled with saturated and some already flooded ground from heavy rainfall last night, could cause some flash flooding, issues, including r

A severe thunderstorm warning was issued earlier on Thursday morning for parts of Rice and Steele counties. No damage reports have been received so far from this storm. More heavy thunderstorms are moving through southeastern Minnesota. The National Weather Service has issued an urban and small stream flood advisory for poor drainage areas for southwestern Olmsted County in southeastern Minnesota