(CNN) -- Days after torrential rains caused intense flash flooding, residents of northeastern Minnesota and neighboring Wisconsin spent Friday coping with the aftermath -- including numerous road closures and continued worries about still dangerously high waters. Flood warnings remained in effect for parts of Burnett, Pine and Carlton counties in Minnesota, as well as in Ashland County, Wisconsin, even though waters in some creeks and rivers were receding, the National Weather Service said. Many of these warnings extend through Sunday, though the flooding concerns may not abate then. Water levels in Big Sandy Lake, which is about 60 miles west of Duluth, are rising at a rate of one foot per day, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports. The lake is expected to crest June 30 just above or below record highs.
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NEW: "It feels like a whale is swallowing us," a Minnesota resident says
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NEW: Big Sandy Lake should crest June near record highs, the Army Corps says
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Some places in Minnesota and Wisconsin still under flooding warnings
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Roads and parks are closed after intense flash flooding
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