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N.D. Town Hopes Aging Dam Can Hold Back River

BURLINGTON, N.D. - Some residents in a development along the bloated Des Lacs River brushed off warnings to evacuate ahead of a possible dam break, choosing to stay behind and shore up or pump out their homes. About 30 homes in the small town of Burlington near Minot, in northwest North Dakota, were at risk of severe...

Red River Valley Flood Fight Shifts North of Fargo

FARGO, N.D. - The Red River Valley flood fight shifted Sunday from the cities of Fargo and Moorhead, Minn., to rural areas north of the north-flowing river, which crested Saturday night in Fargo at its fourth highest level in recorded history. Fargo officials said the metropolitan area appears to be in good shape, but...

Volunteers Fill Gap After Farmer Dies Sandbagging

OAKPORT TOWNSHIP, Minn. -- Quentin Goehring died trying to save his farm from the rising Red River. Dozens of volunteers weren't about to let his work go for nothing. Although many never knew the 73-year-old Minnesota farmer, they trudged through calf-deep mud on Thursday, shoveling sand as skid-steer loaders zipped...

Teen Red River Survivor: 'Bottom of the River Was Falling'

(Aug. 4) -- In an instant, DeKendrix Warner went from wading in a few feet of water to struggling for his life after the bottom of the Louisiana's Red River suddenly dropped off nearly 30 feet. "It felt like the ground fell and the water was pulling me under," DeKendrix told The Times of Shreveport. "I started yelling for...

Red River Tragedy: How to Save a Drowning Victim

(Aug. 3) -- In the aftermath of Monday's Shreveport, La., tragedy, friends and family continue to mourn the loss of six teenagers who drowned when they were carried out into the Red River of Charles and Marie Hamel Memorial Park. Marilyn Robinson, a bystander and friend of the mourning families, described to the...

Red River News From the Web

06/01/12 Dragons 'awakened' and ready to race on Red River Source: The Town Talk - Alexandria LA "Dragons need their rest, and the dragon heads have been resting all week," said Matt Robert, co-owner of Montreal, Canada's 22 Dragons racing club during Thursday's Louisiana Dragon Boat Races news conferences in Alexandria.
05/30/12 Potential for severe weather this evening Source: The Herald Banner - Greenville TX The National Weather Service is continuing to warn of the potential for severe weather in the North Texas area, with a chance of isolated tornadoes along the Red River, by this evening and into the overnight hours: Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop west of North Texas late this afternoon or evening along a dryline.
05/19/12 Retaliation on the Red River Source: The Westerly Sun - Westerly RI Confined to a single road by the swampy bayous of central Louisiana, swamps that the powerful Union gunboat fleet could not penetrate, the 30,000 men of the Army of the Gulf were decisively beaten by the army of Confederate Gen. Richard Taylor at Sabine Crossroads near Mansfield, La. The retreat soon turned into a nightmare.
05/19/12 Man cited for killing alligator snapping turtle Source: CBS - Today's THV - Little Rock AR FULTON, Ark. Wildlife officers in Miller County have cited a man for killing an endangered alligator snapping turtle in an illegal hoop net on the Red River.
05/18/12 Bemidji's baseball tournament schedule revised because... Source: The Bemidji Pioneer - Bemidji MN The Bemidji area weather forecast for Saturday calls for rain and the prospects of delays or cancellations prompted the officials of this weekend's Des Sagedahl Wooden Bat baseball tour-nament to alter the schedule.

Background on Red River

The Red River, or sometimes the Red River of the South, is a major tributary of the Mississippi and Atchafalaya Rivers in the southern United States of America.

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