Grand Forks preparing for 50-foot river crest

Full story: TwinCities.com

Grand Forks officials are preparing for a Red River crest in the range of 45 feet to 50 feet in a couple of weeks, and the city engineer says the dike system should be able to handle it.

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ForReal

Saint Paul, MN

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Flooding in the Red River Valley? Who would have thunk? Did they have the same urban design team as New Orleans?

jeremy

Mooreton, ND

they can't find clay to build the dikes higher, a river is a little different than an ocean,rivers wash away dirt and clay, so it gets expensive every year it floods.

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