North Dakota’s most populous city fortified dikes and braced itself early Friday as the National Weather Service said the Red River could crest as high as 43 feet. That’s 2 feet higher than earlier predicted. The city didn’t plan to raise the reinforcements on the city’s dikes, which were lifted to 43 feet Wednesday when the weather service gave the 41-foot prediction, said Fargo Deputy Mayor Tim Mahoney
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River threatens historic flooding in North Dakota
More than 1,000 volunteers rushed to fill sandbags early Wednesday as many in North Dakota tried to protect themselves from historic floods that are expected to swamp the area. At 3:30 a.m., hundreds of volunteers were packed into individual sandbagging centers, an organizer said