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South Dakota submits official request for presidential disaster declaration

This map from the National Weather Service and NOAA shows the areas that were hit with historic 48-hour rainfall earlier this summer that led to widespread flooding throughout the state as well as states down river.

On July 26, Governor Kristi Noem formally requested a major disaster declaration from the President for 25 counties due to the severe flooding that occurred in South Dakota between June 16 and July 8,…