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Photos: Fargo flood fighters stack sandbags ahead of Red River's rise

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Throwing sandbags
Connor Ryan, a sophomore at South High School in Fargo, N.D., was among more than 1,000 area students who volunteered to throw sandbags on Friday, April 26, 2013. Volunteers were making quick work of building sandbag dikes. "It's not fun, but it needs to be done," said Ryan, who was helping in a residential neighborhood not far from Fargo's water treatment plant.
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Throwing sandbags
Student volunteers from South High School in Fargo, N.D., pass sandbags along a human chain on Friday.
Ann Arbor Miller for MPR
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Throwing sandbags
Connor Ryan, a sophomore at South High School in Fargo, N.D., was among more than 1,000 area students who volunteered to throw sandbags on Friday, April 26, 2013. Volunteers were making quick work of building sandbag dikes. "It's not fun, but it needs to be done," said Ryan, who was helping in a residential neighborhood not far from Fargo's water treatment plant.
Ann Arbor Miller for MPR
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Checking elevations
City of Fargo survey crews were out in force on Friday to check elevations of sandbag dikes.
Ann Arbor Miller for MPR