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Southeast Minnesota has tapped most of its state recovery aidfrom the 2007 floods, but the dollars aren't all spent. In fact,they are pegged to fuel a road-repair boom in the region threeyears after the disaster.
Associated Press - November 15, 2009 3:24 PM ET FARGO, N.D. (AP) - Plans to divert the Red River to save the cities of Fargo and Moorhead, Minn., from flooding are being questioned by...
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.
High-tech mapping technology used to help Fargo-Moorhead, N.D., residents fight a record-setting flood last spring will be made available to the entire Red River Valley. The high-resolution ...
A group studying permanent flood protection for the FM area has narrowed its choices to three possible diversion projects along the Red 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.
Some of the technology's applications have yet to be discovered.
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.
Fargo-Moorhead residents used LiDAR last spring. Now the whole area can use the more precise measurements.
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High-tech mapping technology used to help Fargo-Moorhead residents fight flooding now is available to the entire Red River Valley. Officials say the high resolution elevation data should be accurate to within inches instead of within feet as under earlier measurements. The information can be found on a Web site. Sen. Byron Dorgan says the technology is important to help fight chronic flooding in ...