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2 unusual facts about Red River Flood


2009 Red River flood

Following the 1997 Red River Flood, Grand Forks and East Grand Forks smoothed out some of the river curves in those cities.

Rick Weiland

In 1997, as Weiland was being installed as regional director of FEMA, the Red River swamped its banks, causing unprecedented flooding to North Dakota and Minnesota, inundating all of downtown Fargo and causing the evacuation of Grand Forks, North Dakota in an event known as the Red River Flood.



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