Surveillance video captures wall collapse in Duluth

DULUTH, Minn. - Like most businesses these days, Whole Food Coop in Duluth has surveillance cameras.Theprimary mission for the video snooping system is to catch crooks in the act, but on Wednesday it captured something else: an 18-foot retaining wall crumbling under the pressure of a historicflood.

The tape shows the breech in the recently constructed wall, located at 6th Avenue East and 4th Street,start as a seep, proceed to a trickle, and thenexplode into a torrent of water.

Whole Food Coop manager Sharon Murphy saysat leasthalf of the retaining wall has given way, and she figures the rest will crumble soon.The water is cascading down the hill into a home and two apartment buildings, both of which have been evacuated.

Murphy says the store is ok so far, but she plans onclosing up early and sending employees homeearly so they remain safe.

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Surveillance video captures wall collapse in Duluth