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Lake Elsinore poppy fields: Visitors overwhelm California town

A rare phenomenon attracted so many visitors to a Southern California town that officials declared a public safety emergency. The "Super Bloom" has drawn tens of thousands of people. The town of Lake Elsinore briefly cut off access to these poppy fields, calling the crowding "unbearable." Jamie Yuccas reports.
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