Flooding Reroutes Trains

The risk of flooding along the Red River has forced Canadian Pacific Railway to reroute shipments, including grain, that normally flow from Canada into North Dakota. Starting April 3, CPR was rerouting trains from Winnipeg west to Saskatchewan and into North Dakota, said Mike LoVecchio, spokesman for the railway. The change adds “a large detour”

Farmers Prepared For Flooding

“I would say 98 per cent of the people are prepared for the flood.” – DAVE WALDNER The Flood of the Century seriously disrupted Dave Waldner’s hog operation. But if it happens again, he’s ready. The ring dike around his farm east of Rosenort has been raised two feet above 1997 flood levels. Municipal water


Spring Flood Risk Worsens For Red River Valley

Farmers in the Red River Valley are bracing for one of the worst spring floods on record after heavy snow this week. The river runs north from the northern states of North Dakota and Minnesota into the Canadian province of Manitoba. The U. S. National Weather Service upgraded March 13 the flood potential in the