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Disasters

Breckenridge gets a reprieve from flooding

Breckenridge gets a reprieve from flooding

The weather caused some unexpected surprises in cities along the Red River. In Breckenridge, Minnesota low rain levels and mild temperatures helped the city. Ice has been melting and the river has been flowing freely. But that's not the case in every community.
by Ambar Espinoza

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The tools that can hold back water

The tools that can hold back water

The massive effort to prepare for what's expected to be record flooding continues today in Fargo. The good news is that city officials have some new tools to keep back flood waters.
by Tom Robertson

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Why are sandbags the weapon of choice to fight flooding?

Why are sandbags the weapon of choice to fight flooding?

Whether it's Crookston, Wolverton, Breckenridge or Fargo, the key tool in flood fighting this week is the sandbag. Volunteers in the Fargo Moorhead area have filled about a million sandbags so far. All Things Considered called Ken Hellevang, an Extension Service Agricultural Engineer at North Dakota State University, to talk about why sandbags are the tool of choice.
by Tom Crann

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Protecting neighborhoods from their first Red River flood

Protecting neighborhoods from their first Red River flood

A frenzy of activity continues in Fargo-Moorhead has the communities prepared for a potentially historic flood. Waves of volunteers from around the region laid hundreds of thousands of sandbags on top of dikes just as fast as they were filled on Tuesday trying to keep thousands of homes in new neighborhoods dry from flood waters.
by Dan Gunderson

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Crookston mayor talks about flooding in his city

Crookston mayor talks about flooding in his city

At around 9:30 this morning, the City of Crookston sounded its emergency sirens. To talk more about what happened in Crookston today, All Things Considered called Mayor Dave Genereux who talked to Tom Crann from the Crookston Emergency Operations Center
by Tom Crann

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Update on the flood preparations in Fargo

Update on the flood preparations in Fargo

Thousands of sandbags will be filled and stacked again today in the Fargo-Moorhead area as residents and volunteers try to keep the rising Red River from flooding their communities. MPR's Dan Gunderson has an update.
by Cathy Wurzer and Dan Gunderson

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Red River update

Red River update

Communities along the Red River in northwest Minnesota are anticipating a flood that may well exceed the levels in 1997. Midmorning gets the latest on flood preparations.
by Craig Edwards

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