Flood-weary looking at 'Big Ditch’
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Fri Nov 27, 7:49 pm ETPeople in Fargo and Moorhead have a $962 million plan for easing flooding from the Red River of the North: Just dig another river.
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People in Fargo and Moorhead have a $962 million plan for easing flooding from the Red River of the North: Just dig another river.
The city of Breckenridge is $5 million closer to completing its flood work. Thanks to U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-ND, and state leaders, local officials say the funding will support its final phase of construction - a 3-mile area stretching north of the Otter Tail River and along the Red River.
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The south central North Dakota community of Linton is still trying to recover from record spring flooding. Swollen Beaver Creek and Spring Creek washed out bridges and roads and flooded more than 70 homes in Linton last spring.
The President today made additional disaster assistance available to the State of North Dakota by authorizing an increase in the level of Federal funding for Public Assistance projects undertaken as a result of severe storms and flooding during the period of March 13 to August 10, 2009. Under the President’s major disaster declaration issued for the State of North Dakota on March 24, 2009, and ...
That homemade Thanks-giving meal and post-holiday favorite, the pumpkin pie, might be in short supply this year. According to news wire reports, floods last year in the Midwest have resulted in shortages of canned pumpkin puree on grocery shelves across the country.
The Cass County commissioners voted unanimously on Monday, to support the idea of a diversion project on the North Dakota side of the Red River for flood protection..
Officials in North Dakota's Cavalier County estimate nearly $3 million worth of damage in their county from last spring's flooding. Cavalier County Highway Supervisor Terry Johnston says the ...
The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for the Red River at Fargo after recent rains, but only minor flooding is expected.
The Metro Flood Study Work Group decided Thursday to eliminate the option that would include a series permanent levees and home buyouts, and focus instead on a Red River diversion plan.
TUSCALOOSA, AL (WBRC) - A wet day across north central Alabama on Tuesday caused flooding and brought down several trees, including one tree that crushed a car on east Hargrove Road in Tuscaloosa.