Red River's spring flooding outlook

Flooded homes
A flooded neighborhood in Fargo, N.D. seems from the air on March 27, 2009.
Photo courtesy of the North Dakota Wing, Civil Air Patrol

The National Weather Service issues a new flood outlook today. One forecaster says it offers a ray of sunshine in a gloomy flood forecast for residents of the Red River Valley, but forecasters caution the situation is still precarious with the typically volatile spring weather season ahead.

Meanwhile, cities and small towns around the state continue to prepare including the region's most populated area, Fargo-Moorhead, where we check in with MPR News reporter Dan Gunderson.

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