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A North Dakota Air National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter drops several one-ton sandbags onto the spillway of the Clausen Springs Dam near Kathryn, N.D., April 15, 2009.

A North Dakota Air National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter drops several one-ton sandbags onto the spillway of the Clausen Springs Dam near Kathryn, N.D., April 15, 2009.

A North Dakota Air National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter drops several one-ton sandbags onto the spillway of the Clausen Springs Dam near Kathryn, N.D., April 15, 2009.

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