Vikings’ Peterson donating $100K to flood relief

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MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson is donating more than $100,000 to relief efforts in his hometown of Palestine, Texas, after flash flooding destroyed dozens of houses and killed six people there over the weekend.

The Vikings star is partnering with the Salvation Army, and will travel to Palestine on Thursday to survey the damage. Peterson said he will donate $100,000 to start things off, and match donations from there.

“If people put $200,000 in there, I’ll match it,” he told ESPN.com.

The flooding shocked the town of roughly 19,000, which Peterson said hasn’t been prone to floods in the past.

“That’s the crazy thing — I was talking to my mom about that the other day. My mom is over 50, and in her lifespan, she’s never seen a flood in Palestine. That’s what was so unusual about it. We’ve never had an issue with flooding. We’ve had heavy rains for days at a time, but nothing to this magnitude. For this to hit overnight, and the damage that it caused, it was devastating.”

Peterson said his family is fine, but some of his friends have been affected by the flooding.

Torrential rains caused Wells Creek to rise rapidly on Friday night, totaling homes …

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