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Published June 21, 2012, 12:00 AM

Photo gallery: June 20 flood

Up to 10 inches of rain fell on the Duluth area June 20-21, causing flood damage on a scale not seen in 40 years.


A car is nose down in a sinkhole Wednesday morning at Seventh Avenue East and First Street in Duluth. (Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com)

  • A car is nose down in a sinkhole Wednesday morning at Seventh Avenue East and First Street in Duluth. (Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com)
  • The Lester River rages through Lester Park in Duluth Wednesday afternoon. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • A pickup truck sits in the floodwaters of Miller Creek in the Lincoln Park neighborhood on Wednesday. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Dave Rundquist (left) and Dave Atkinson, both of Duluth, photograph the torrent of water rushing into Lake Superior at the mouth of the Lester River on Wednesday. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • A pedestrian watches the large flow of water as Miller Creek explodes over the falls in Lincoln Park in Duluth on Wednesday. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Shelley Smith of Duluth leaps across a fresh stream of rainwater that carried debris down Chester Parkway in Duluth on Wednesday morning. (Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com)
  • Houses along 59th Avenue West near Raleigh Street in Duluth are completely flooded by water from a nearby creek that was overflowing. (Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com)