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Death toll climbs in Rapid City flood disaster
Rapid City and Black Hills towns reel after the dam burst unleashing a four foot wave. Authorities report at least 208 dead with fears of 300 total and thousands homeless. Rescue squads comb collapse sites as aid floods in and disease fears rise.
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Rapid City
UPI
George Behrens
South Dakota
Black Hills
Don Barnette
Richard Kneip
Agriculture Department
Washington
George McGovern
Rapid Creek
Mt. Rushmore
Keystone
Barnette