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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is requesting a presidential disaster declaration and relief for seven Iowa counties that sustained a combined $6 million in damages from spring Mississippi River flooding.

The rising river, caused by a surge of water from melting snowfall to the north, likely will rank in the top 10 of all time in many places, but the National Weather Service still said the river levels generally will remain well below past records.