Record rains and flooding in Minn.

The flood-swollen St. Louis River surges past the damaged swinging bridge at Jay Cooke State Park near Duluth, Minn., Thursday, June 21, 2012.

Gov. Mark Dayton, who toured flood-ravaged areas on Thursday, said he was committed to providing state resources, and would work to speed the process of getting appropriate federal aid. Duluth's mayor, Don Ness, estimated that there was $50 million to $80 million in damage caused to the city's public infrastructure alone.

The Lester River flows through a gash it created in Jean Duluth Road north of Duluth, Minn., Thursday morning, June 21, 2012. City, county and state officials spent Thursday assessing damage, while areas farther south continued to fight rising floodwaters.

The town of Moose Lake was being described as "an island."

AP Photo/The Duluth News-Tribune, Bob King

Waters from an overflowing nearby creek inundate homes in the Irving Park neighborhood of Duluth, Minn., Wednesday afternoon, June 20, 2012. Residents evacuated their homes and animals escaped from pens at a zoo, as floods fed by a steady torrential downpour struck northeastern Minnesota, inundating the city of Duluth, officials said Wednesday.

AP Photo/The Duluth News-Tribune, Clint Austin

Carl Carlson III, left, and Connie Strong, right, help evacuate Jan Martin from her home in the Lincoln Park neighborhood after record rainfall hit the Duluth, Minn., area Wednesday June, 20, 2012. Most areas received seven to 10 inches of rain in the past 24 hours. Martin remarked that she has lived in the neighborhood for 69 years and has never seen Miller Creek this high.

A neighborhood resident looks at a flood-damaged road in Duluth, Minn., Wednesday morning, June 20, 2012. Torrents of rain and floodwater cut away part of the roadbed.

Water gushes through the gates at the Fond du Lac dam on the St. Louis River south of Duluth, Minn., Thursday afternoon, June 21, 2012, releasing water at near-full capacity. City, county and state officials spent Thursday assessing damage in the Duluth area, while areas farther south continued to fight rising waters.

Clay-laden waters from the Duluth-Superior Harbor Basin pour out past the Aerial Left Bridge, through the ship canal and into Lake Superior on Thursday afternoon, June 21, 2012, in Duluth, Minn.

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton, who toured flood-ravaged areas on Thursday, said he was committed to providing state resources, and would work to speed the process of getting appropriate federal aid.

Duluth's mayor, Don Ness, estimated that there was $50 million to $80 million in damage caused to the city's public infrastructure alone.

A woman in Proctor, Minn. reacts after the report of a boy was swept away into a sinkhole on Lawn Street in Proctor Wednesday, June 20, 2012. The boy was later found alert and conscious after being swept through six block of culverts by the floodwaters.

Record rainfall occurred in the Duluth, Minn., area Wednesday, with some areas receiving seven to 10 inches of rain in the past 24 hours.

Water overflows from a storm sewer in Duluth, Minn. on Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Duluth Mayor Don Ness said he would declare a state of emergency after the deluge of up to 9 inches of rain that he said caused extensive damage to the port city of about 86,000. Ness said the order would start the process to obtain federal aid.

Community members fills sandbags in the parking lot of the historic train depot in Moose Lake, Minn., Thursday, June 21, 2012. Sandbags were being deployed almost as quickly as they were filled. The waters of the Moose Horn river overflowed into parts of Moose Lake, Minn., Thursday after record rainfall hit the area.

Moose Lake High School, top, along with the the Moose Lake RV park and campground, are almost completely engulfed in floodwaters from rising Moose Horn Lake in Minnesota on Thursday afternoon, June 21, 2012.

City of Duluth, Minn. in state of emergency — Brian Peterson/Star-Tribune/AP

A car sits in a giant sinkhole in Duluth, Minn. Wednesday, June 20, 2011. Residents evacuated their homes and animals escaped from pens at a zoo as floods fed by a steady torrential downpour struck northeastern Minnesota, inundating the city of Duluth, officials said Wednesday.

Homes in the town of Thomson, Minn., are surrounded by floodwaters along the St. Louis River on Thursday afternoon, June 21, 2012.

A pickup truck sits in the floodwaters of Miller Creek in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Duluth, Minn. Wednesday, June 20, 2012 after record rainfall hit the area. Most areas received seven to 10 inches of rain in the past 24 hours.

Brian Peterson,AP Photo/The Star Tribune

The town of Carlton, Minn., just west of Jay Cooke State Park is flooded with water from the rising St. Louis River Thursday, June 21 2012. The floodwaters that swamped Duluth are rushing south and causing problems in Carlton and Pine counties.