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La Crosse flooded for 2nd time in a year
River may stay above flood stage through Memorial Day
It’s unusual for the Mississippi to reach flood stage in La Crosse twice in less than a year, but it’s happening.
The National Weather Service predicts that the river will be above 12 feet in La Crosse for the next seven days.
This is the first time it’s over flood stage since September of last year.
Before now, the most recent occurrence of two floods in a year at La Crosse took place in September of 2010, and then again the following April.
The flood stage at Lansing also is 12 feet, and the Mississippi reached flood level there this morning, for the first time in six years.
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