Photos: A slow start to flood fight in Fargo-Moorhead
Volunteers Cortney Dettwiler, left, and Ruthie Johnson wait to register community members interested in volunteering for Moorhead's 2011 flood fight on Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Volunteer turnout was very light. Fewer than 60 people had registered by 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to Johnson, a Moorhead police volunteer.
MPR Photo/Ann Arbor Miller
The rising Red River is expected to reach 39 to 41 feet this weekend, according to National Weather Service forecasters. The cities of Fargo and Moorhead are delivering sandbags to neighborhoods to construct temporary dikes.
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