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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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Farmer's home an island next to the flooding Red River

Farmer's home an island next to the flooding Red River

Noreen Thomas lives on a farm 15 miles north of Moorhead, and it's now an island surrounded by water. Thomas spoke with MPR's Cathy Wurzer about her situation.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Red River flood -- what's changed since 1997?

Red River flood -- what's changed since 1997?

The potential for flooding is very different in some Red River valley communities, because of measure that were taken after the 1997 floods.
by Tom Robertson

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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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Flooding threat increases in Fargo-Moorhead

Flooding threat increases in Fargo-Moorhead

Volunteers swarmed through Fargo-Moorhead neighborhoods to build sandbag dikes as the Red River rose quickly across backyards.
by Dan Gunderson

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Flood forecast changes slightly overnight

City officials in Fargo-Moorhead are describing the potential flood situation there as urgent. The Red River in the area is expected to rise higher and more quickly than previously thought.
by Cathy Wurzer and Dan Gunderson

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Moorhead officials call for volunteers, warn gawkers

Rising crest predictions for the Red River have Moorhead city officials pleading for more help and warning gawkers to stay away from the swollen Red River.

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