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NEWS ABOUT: Fargo

Fargo stories: 14 news summaries

(Newser) - Red panda mom Shan Tou has surprised zoo keepers in Fargo, ND, by giving birth to triplets, InForum reports. “This is huge," a Red River Zoo executive said. Red pandas, an endangered species, often have one or two cubs, but triplets are rare. "It’s been 10... More »

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zoo • birth • North Dakota • panda • Fargo • babies • triplets

(AP) - Earthmoving equipment and National Guard helicopters hauled sand today to reinforce leaky dikes that prompted evacuations in Valley City, a town threatened by the Sheyenne River, the latest North Dakota stream to rise above its banks. The Sheyenne was headed for a crest at around 22 feet in the next... More »

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National Guard • flooding • North Dakota • natural disaster • river • Fargo • Red River • dikes • Sheyenne River

(AP) - Strengthening wind blew heavy, wet snow around Fargo today, adding to the strain on residents' spirits and on the patchwork system of sandbag levees protecting them from the bloated Red River. But there were no reports of problems from leaks or from wind-driven waves battering the dikes. “They say... More »

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Midwest • flooding • North Dakota • blizzard • Fargo • snow • Red River • dikes

 Fargo Braces for 
 Snow as Floods Ease 

Winter weather could cause waves to batter sandbag levees

Mar 30, 09 11:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Just as the Red River began retreating from Fargo's hastily fortified levees, the city's tired residents stared down a winter storm today that's expected to bring up to 14 inches of snow and wind-whipped waves that could worsen the flooding, the AP reports. Engineers aren't worried about the snowfall, but... More »

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severe weather • flooding • waves • Fargo • winter storm • snowstorm • levees • sandbags

(AP) - The bloated Red River briefly breached a dike early today, pouring water into a school campus in Fargo, ND. The mayor called it a "wakeup call" for a city that needs to be vigilant for weaknesses in levees that could give way at any time. "The campus is... More »

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school • flood • North Dakota • natural disaster • Fargo • levees • Midwest floods

UPDATEd

 Fargo River May 
 Have Already Peaked 


Mar 28, 09 5:43 AM CDT
(AP) - The bloated Red River might already have crested lower than initially feared, forecasters said today, welcome news for weary residents and others who had spent days piling sandbags onto dikes against an expected record flood. Despite the downward revision in the forecast, however, North Dakota officials still intensified their efforts... More »

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Midwest • flooding • North Dakota • freezing temperatures • Fargo • cold

(AP) - Thousands of shivering, tired Fargo residents got out while they could today, and others prayed that miles of sandbagged levees would hold as the surging Red River threatened to unleash the biggest flood North Dakota's largest city has ever seen. The crest is expected tomorrow evening, when the ice-laden river... More »

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Midwest • flood • flooding • Fargo

 Fargo Floodwater Breaks  
 Record, Erodes Dike 

Police evacuate 150 homes amid 'significant leak'

Mar 27, 09 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Fargo-area Red River broke a 112-year-old record this morning and was eroding a dike south of downtown, forcing authorities to rouse occupants of about 150 homes and begin evacuating them in the middle of the night, the AP reports. The Red River has risen to 40.32 feet, more... More »

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flooding • evacuation • river • Fargo • disaster

(Newser) - The forecast in Fargo is actually getting worse. The Red River may crest at a potentially catastrophic 43 feet this weekend—2 feet higher than previous warnings, ABC News reports. "We're in uncharted territory," said the mayor, as volunteers raced to raise the levees in the North Dakota... More »

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UPDATED

 North Dakota Braces 
 for Record Floods 

Fargo residents battle freezing weather to shore up wall of sandbags

Mar 26, 09 2:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Dakota officials issued a plea for thousands more sandbaggers this morning as residents scrambled to prepare for record flooding expected this weekend, reports ABC News. Volunteers in Fargo are battling a blizzard to raise a wall of sandbags along the Red River, predicted to crest at a new high... More »

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flood • flooding • North Dakota • Fargo • sandbags

Fargo Scrambles
to Prevent Flooding

Red River could see record overflow

Mar 23, 09 4:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Minnesota and North Dakota work crews joined volunteers today to build levees and sandbag walls as a storm threatened to cause flooding, Inforum reports. Locals living along Red River are bracing for as much as 1 inch of rain tonight from a storm expected to last 2 days, causing river... More »

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National Guard • flood • flooding • Minnesota • North Dakota • volunteer • Fargo

 Upper Midwest 
 Stymied by Snow 

Fargo to residents: Just stay home

Mar 10, 09 2:47 PM CDT
(AP) - Heavy snow driven by wind gusting to 40mph closed courts, clinics, and businesses and shut down a major highway across the Upper Midwest. Up to a foot of snow was forecast today for parts of eastern North Dakota. The National Weather Service posted blizzard warnings and winter storm warnings for... More »

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Midwest • severe weather • storm • Minnesota • North Dakota • winter • Fargo • snowstorm

Obama Might 'Refine'
16-Month Iraq Timeline 

He'll reevaluate policy after meeting with commanders in Iraq

Jul 3, 08 4:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama today appeared to soften his oft-stated pledge that he would pull troops out of Iraq in 16 months, the New York Times reports. Obama, while inisting that his policies had not changed, said he would consider the opinions of military commanders as he continues to “refine his... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • flip flop • Fargo • Election 2008 • Iraq exit strategy

No Country Is Thriller Heaven

Coen brothers adapt McCarthy novel to good effect

Nov 9, 07 10:27 AM CST
(Newser) - It's a far piece from their Oscar-winning Fargo, but No Country for Old Men, the new thriller from Joel and Ethan Coen, is generating the same kind of buzz. Set in a West Texas border town in 1980, No Country, an adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy novel about a... More »

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movie review • Tommy Lee Jones • Coen brothers • Joel Coen • Ethan Coen • Fargo • Javier Bardem • Josh Brolin • Cormac McCarthy

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