Fargo, Moorhead eye $1 billion flood project
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - 54 minutes agoPeople in Fargo, N.D., and Moorhead, Minn., have a plan for easing flooding from the Red River of the North: Just dig another river.
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People in Fargo, N.D., and Moorhead, Minn., have a plan for easing flooding from the Red River of the North: Just dig another river.
Authorities today issued an evacuation advisory for far south Bossier Parish as rain-swollen Red Chute Bayou and Loggy Bayou continued to flood the area. The extremely high level of the Red River, which is fed by Red Chute and Loggy, is preventing proper drainage and is causing water to back up in parts of south Bossier Parish. The evacuation advisory is for people living south of Louisiana ...
Bossier Parish Sheriff Larry Deen and Bossier Parish Administrator Bill Altimus have issued an evacuation advisory for residents living in far south Bossier Parish due to rising flood water. This advisory includes an area from Highway 157/154 south to the Loggy Bayou Bridge and east to the Red River.
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.
A group studying permanent flood protection for the Fargo-Moorhead area has narrowed its choices to three possible diversion projects along the Red River.
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.