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Record Fargo floods for 3rd year in a row

Record Fargo floods for 3rd year in a row

by on 08. Apr, 2011 in Uncategorized

In February 2011, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned citizens of the Midwestern United States to prepare for a difficult spring with major floods. Those predictions are being fulfilled in North Dakota N.D. and Minnesota Minn., as melting snow and spring rains have raised rivers to and above their banks. According to the U.S. [...]

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Record wet snowpack for 3rd year in a row sets stage for record flooding in the U.S. Midwest

by on 24. Mar, 2011 in Uncategorized

A major spring snowstorm dumped heavy snow in excess of six inches over a wide swath of the Upper Midwest this week, adding to a snowpack that is already near or in excess of record levels over Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. This is bad news for residents in flood-prone areas of the Upper [...]