MAKE IT RIGHT AND THEN LET'S
COME BACK AND LET'S START OVER.
>> IN OTHER NEWS, WISCONSIN IS
STILL UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY
DUE TO HISTORIC FLOODWATERS.
FLOODING ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER HIT ITS PEAK IN THE
LACROSSE AREA OVER THE LAST FEW
DAYS.
HOWEVER, WATER WAS STILL RISING
AT WEEK'S END FARTHER SOUTH NEAR
PRAIRIE DA SHEEN.
LATEST PROJECTIONS HAD THE RIVER
REACHING JUST OVER 23 FEET
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN
STARTING TO RECEDE.
IN PRAIRIE DA SHEEN, MANY ROADS
WERE CLOSED AND RESIDENTS ALONG
MAIN STREET EVACUATED.
TENS OF THOUSANDS SANDBAGS WERE
FILLED AND PLACED AS RESIDENTS
TRIED TO KEEP FLOODWATERS AT
BAY.
THE MAJOR FLOODING IS THE RESULT
OF RECORD SNOW PACK FOLLOWED BY
RAINFALL AND SATURATED SOIL.
THAT SATURATED SOIL MAY HAVE
LEAD TO A FREIGHT TRAIN
DERAILING THURSDAY ON THE BLUFF
SIDE OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
WITH SEVERAL CARS TIPPING OVER.
AUTHORITIES SAY HAZARDOUS
MATERIALS OF LITHIUM ION
BATTERIES, OXYGEN CONTAINERS AND
PAINT WERE ON BOARD BUT HAVE
BEEN CONTAINED.
OFFICIALS SHUT DOWN A SECTION OF
HIGHWAY 35 DURING CLEAN UP-UP.
FOUR WORKERS WERE TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL WITH
NONLIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.
THE INCIDENT AND EXACT CAUSE ARE