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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.
Governor John Hoeven says the cost of temporary levees, debris removal and other repairs from last spring's storms and flooding in North Dakota has topped $78 million and he's asked the White House to reimburse 90 percent of the costs.
The Army Corps of Engineers has narrowed a list of possible flood control options for the Fargo-Moorhead area to three. The corps says those alternatives include a diversion channel through Minnesota, a diversion channel through North Dakota and levees along the bank of the Red River.
Associated Press - October 26, 2009 8:14 AM ET GRAFTON, N.D. (AP) - The Red River Basin Commission is holding public meetings about long-term flood protection.
Gov. Tim Pawlenty is in Moorhead today, along with North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven and Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., to learn more about proposals to protect the Fargo-Moorhead from major flooding.
The National Weather Service this morning issued a flood watch for Northeast Georgia and north central Georgia through this evening, with rain expected to bring between 1.5 and 2 inches for much of the area.
A record-setting snowstorm that dumped nearly 4 feet of snow across parts of the Rockies by Thursday will threaten parts of the Midwest and South today with heavy rain and flooding.
Meetings this week in Roseau and Oslo.
Officials in northeastern North Dakota get a bit uneasy when they hear talk of billion dollar flood protection projects in the Fargo area.
The Army Corps of Engineers said Monday that a diversion channel through Minnesota, a similar channel through North Dakota or levees along the bank of the Red River are among the best flood control options for residents in the Moorhead-Fargo area.
ATLANTA----The U.S. Small Business Administration announces today that federal economic injury disaster loans are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives and most private non-profit organizations of all sizes located in the State of Minnesota as a result of excessive snow, excessive rain, flooding, flash flooding and unseasonably cool temperatures including frost and ...
