Slideshow: Preparing for the worst

Scrambling to build a wall
Volunteers scrambled to add sandbags to a dyke as the waters of the Red River seeped through the barrier in Moorhead Thursday, March 26, 2009.
MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson

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