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 Red River of the North in Fargo, March 28, 2009 | |
| Date | March 2009–April 2009 |
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| Location | North Dakota, Minnesota, Manitoba |
| Deaths | 3[1] |
| Property damage | Unknown |
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The 2009 Red River flood along the Red River of the North in North Dakota and Minnesota in the United States and Manitoba in Canada brought record flood levels to the Fargo-Moorhead area. The flood was a result of saturated and frozen ground, spring snowmelt exacerbated by additional rain and snow storms, and virtually flat terrain. Communities along the Red River prepared for more than a week as the U.S. National Weather Service continuously updated the predictions for the city of Fargo, North Dakota, with an increasingly higher projected river crest. Originally predicted to reach a level of near 43 feet (13 m) at Fargo by March 29, the river in fact crested at 40.84 feet (12.45 m) at 12:15 a.m. March 28,[2] and started a slow decline.[3] The river continued to rise to the north as the crest moved downstream.[4]
- ^ Fargo’s Flood Fight Goes on as Red River Levels Fall. Bloomberg.com. March 29, 2009.
- ^ "Fargo mayor: More levees will be breached". National Public Radio. March 29, 2009. Archived from the original on 31 March 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2009. (AP)
- ^ "Daily and Hourly Changes in Level for the Red River at Fargo, ND".
- ^ Real-time water data for Red River of the North at Pembina, ND, United States Geological Survey, March 29, 2009
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