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Devils Lake area residents have a unique opportunity today when members of the Red River Basin Commission come to town for a meeting to discuss flood issues - a Flood Forum.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) ---- Mike Joelson's north Fargo home survived last spring's major flooding untouched but didn't escape undamaged this week after a surge of raw sewage....
Clay County Commissioners today voted unanimously in support of their North Dakota counterparts' position that a diversion is the best way to protect against major floods, and that it's best built on the North Dakota side of the Red.
A report released this week by Climate experts organized by the Army Corps of Engineers says the conditions show a need for flood protection.
Support is on the rise for creating a diversion to ease flooding. The Cass County Board of Commissioners came out in favor of a diversion on the North Dakota side of the river, Monday.
Deer hunters by the thousands are expected to flood the fields this weekend when North Dakota's season opens.
More than $4 million will pay for ring dikes around farmsteads in the Red River Valley, but flood protection is only a secondary goal for the federal program.
WEST FARGO, N.D. — Cass County officials are supporting a Red River diversion project around Fargo for flood protection.
GRAFTON, N.D. - The Red River Basin Commission is holding public meetings about long-term flood protection. Executive Director Lance Yohe says people who attended one of the first meetings, in Hankinson, talked about their fears of more flooding next year because the soil is still saturated.
North Dakota`s winter storm has a spring look to it. The National Weather Service says temperatures were warmer than expected today, with highs in the 50s in Fargo. By late afternoon, that area got about half an inch of rain -- leading to a flood watch for parts of the Red River Valley.
Residents in southern Bossier Parish have been advised to evacuate due to rising flood waters. Bossier Parish Sheriff Larry Deen and Bossier Parish Administrator Bill Altimus issued an evacuation advisory for an area from Highway 157/154 south to the Loggy Bayou Bridge and west to the Red River.
