Red River forecast revised, but Midwest stays on flood alert
Sunday, March 29, 2009
, Posted by IM SD at 9:36 AM
A lower-than-expected crest is welcome news in North Dakota and Minnesota, but there's no time to rest.
Reporting from Oakport Township, Minn. -- Here among sugar beet fields and roadside signs advertising buffalo meat, the Red River has carved a path of destruction.
Across the river in North Dakota, Fargo, a city of 90,000, is bracing for a potentially devastating flood. But in Oakport Township -- population 1,600 -- icy runoff has submerged dikes and smashed windows. The river banged against doors and frothed off streets, stranding residents who refused to flee. The tops of mailboxes and cars poke from floodwater like buoys. Continue Reading
Across the river in North Dakota, Fargo, a city of 90,000, is bracing for a potentially devastating flood. But in Oakport Township -- population 1,600 -- icy runoff has submerged dikes and smashed windows. The river banged against doors and frothed off streets, stranding residents who refused to flee. The tops of mailboxes and cars poke from floodwater like buoys. Continue Reading
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