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Sandbag dike at Methodist Hospital.
A sandbag dike holds back most of the flood waters at Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, Minn. Thursday, June 19, 2014.
Jeffrey Thompson/MPR News

Record rainfalls Thursday added to what's been a miserable week of rain, causing flooded streets, farm fields and homes. Mudslides and a tornado in southwest Minnesota ruined homes and brought treacherous conditions.

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Soybeans were hard hit by hail in southwest Minn.
Hardly any soybean plants survived a hail storm in this field in southwest Minnesota -- the ice sheared most of them off.
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Sandbag dike at Methodist Hospital.
A sandbag dike holds back most of the flood waters at Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, Minn. Thursday, June 19, 2014.
Jeffrey Thompson/MPR News
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Dennis Tweet fixes fences damaged by storms.
Dennis Tweet stands in six inches of water as he fixes fences damaged by flood waters on his farm near the town of Leota. Rain and hail storms have destroyed thousands of acres of crops in this part of southwest Minnesota.
Mark Steil / MPR News