OSLO, MN — Oslo, Minnesota is now an island cut off by Red River floodwaters blocking highways in and out of the town of around 300 people. The Red has crested below the record level and is holding steady. The town is protected by a massive permanent ring levee that has been in place for years. About half the population left…
LISBON, N.D. — Farmers are feeling the weight of Mother Nature. “We’re not doing too bad now, things are drying up nice, it’s looking a lot better, but when you’re talking another 12 inches of snow, and what that’s going to do, it’s already wet and late to start out with,” Matthew Lyons, a farmer in Lisbon, said. He says…
GRAND FORKS COUNTY, N.D. — The Red River is nearing 44 feet in Grand Forks and the forecasted crest is 48 feet on Friday. Grand Forks built $400 million worth of permanent flood protection in 2007. “We have 12 pump stations dedicated to flood protection, we have closures that go into our flood walls that involves closing roads but those go…
GRAND FORKS COUNTY, N.D. — In the nearly 30 years a sergeant has been with the Grand Forks County Sheriff’s Office, he says he’s never seen a cow need rescuing. But that all changed yesterday as we first showed you last night. The Water Operations Team was called to save a two-day-old calf after it was stranded on a section of…
HARWOOD, N.D. — Cass County introduced a new vehicle to the area to help in flood relief efforts. The SHERP was brought over from Williams County as an alternative to the air boat that is typically deployed during flooding. The all-terrain vehicle holds up to six people and can be used to deliver supplies or rescue people in dangerous situations. It…
MINNEAPOLIS, MN — A federal judge has cleared the way for some work to resume on a massive flood control project in the Fargo-Moorhead area. District Judge John Tunheim on Monday ruled work could resume on certain portions of a $2.2 billion diversion aimed at steering the Red River safely past the cities in times of flooding. Fargo and Moorhead have…
CASS COUNTY, N.D. – Cass County is not pulling back on its flood protection planning in the slightest. Cass County engineer, Jason Benson, shared the county’s emergency measures at Monday morning’s weekly Fargo flood meeting. The county produced 100,000 sandbags. 60,000 were delivered and 40,000 are ready for back up. County staff and the National Guard are working to deliver…
FARGO, N.D – The Red River is cresting in the Fargo-Moorhead area with few problems, though overland flooding remains an issue in rural areas. The river is about 5 feet above major flood stage, but the cities have put several flood control measures in place since the record 2009 flood when the river crested nearly 6 feet higher. Impacts this…
FARGO, N.D. — A local non-profit is fighting floods in a different kind of way. Many trucks are carrying hay bales across the Midwest as part of Farm Rescue’s “Operation Hay Lift.” Its mission is to deliver these bales to Nebraska to help farmers and ranchers in the state keep their livestock well-fed in the wake of devastating flooding. “We’d like…
GRAND FORKS, ND — More roads and bridges are being closed to deal with the rising water from rivers, tributaries and overland flooding. Officials in Grand Forks-East Grand Forks will be closing the Sorlie Bridge on Demers Avenue on Monday at noon due to rising Red River flood waters. Clay County has closed County Road 1 at County Road 26…
