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Published June 21, 2012, 12:00 AM

Photo gallery: Main storm story


Onlookers take in the scene of a car that fell into a huge sinkhole on Skyline Parkway at Ninth Avenue East in Duluth early Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Rainwater undercut the ground beneath, creating a weak spot in the pavement. The car’s owners are from Seattle and came to Duluth to run Grandma’s Marathon and visit family. (Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com)

  • Onlookers take in the scene of a car that fell into a huge sinkhole on Skyline Parkway at Ninth Avenue East in Duluth early Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Rainwater undercut the ground beneath, creating a weak spot in the pavement. The car’s owners are from Seattle and came to Duluth to run Grandma’s Marathon and visit family. (Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com)
  • An aerial view shows flooding near the Miller Hill Mall on Wednesday. The Target store is at right. (Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com)
  • Houses in Duluth's Irving Park neighborhood were flooded out by an overflowing nearby creek after Wednesday’s heavy rains. (Bob King / rking@duluthnewstribune)
  • A geyser of water bubbles 3 feet high from a storm sewer in the middle of the intersection of Third Avenue East and Third Street on Wednesday morning in downtown Duluth. (Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com)
  • Carl Carlson III (left) and Connie Strong, both of Duluth, help to evacuate Jan Martin (center) from her home in the Lincoln Park neighborhood Wednesday after record rainfall hit the Duluth area. Most areas received 7 to 10 inches of rain in 24 hours. Martin remarked that she has lived in the neighborhood for 69 years and never has seen Miller Creek this high. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
  • Olney Street in West Duluth was washed out Wednesday morning. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)