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Red river floods in Minnesota

Red River floods: Brian Witthoeft works to keep out the rising Red River flood waters
25 March: Brian Witthoeft works on a retaining wall to keep out the rising waters from reaching his home in Moorhead, Minnesota Photograph: Craig Lassig/EPA
Red River floods: Local men struggle in the snow to unload a boat full of sandbags.
25 March 2009: Volunteers struggle in the snow to unload a boat full of sandbags at a home in Fargo, North Dakota Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP
Red River floods:  John Iverson wades through icy water after leaving his home in Oxbow.
26 March: John Iverson wades through icy water after leaving his home in Oxbow, North Dakota. Water from the Red and Wild Rice Rivers had started to overtake the small community, about 15 miles south of Fargo Photograph: Scott Olson/Getty Images
Red River floods: Steam rises off clay being excavated for dykes in Fargo.
27 March: Steam rises off clay in what used to be Centennial Fields, as heavy equipment excavates material to build earthen dykes along the Red river, in Fargo Photograph: Jonathan D. Woods/AP
Red River floods: Pete Babler inspects a levee along the flooded Red River.
28 March: Pete Babler inspects a levee for leaks in the Harwood Grove neighbourhood in Fargo Photograph: Scott Olson/Getty Images
Red River floods: A house is protected by sandbags from flooding of the Red River, Minnesota.
28 March: A house near the Oak Port neighbourhood on the northside of Moorhead is protected by sandbags from flooding Photograph: Allen Fredrickson/Reuters
Red River floods: North Dakota's Red River Valley prepares For flooding
28 March: Members of the Horace fire department, the North Dakota national guard and volunteers help to sandbag a retention pond to keep flood water from the water treatment facility near Horace, North Dakota Photograph: Scott Olson/Getty Images
Red River floods: National Guard personnel walk in the high icy floodwaters.
28 March: National guard personnel walk in icy floodwaters as they try to evacuate residents in Fargo Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP
Red River floods: Minnesota National Guard wades through water with supplies to home owners
28 March: Verne Parks of the Minnesota national guard wades through the water to bring supplies to people in Oakport, Minnesota Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP
Red River floods: Moorhead, Minnesota is seen inundated by floodwaters.
28 March: Moorhead is inundated by floodwaters as the river continues to rise Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP
Red River floods: A road is covered by floodwaters with a Stop sign still visible.
28 March: Only a stop sign is still visible on a flooded road in Fargo Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP
Red River floods: North Dakota's Red River Valley Prepares For Flooding
28 March: Just inside a sandbag levee, Jonathan Robbins checks on a pump which is removing flood water seepage in Fargo Photograph: Scott Olson/Getty Images
Red River floods: Jared Bakko hauls a boat down a flooded road after delivering supplies.
28 March: Jared Bakko hauls a boat down a flooded road after taking supplies to his grandmother, just south of Moorhead Photograph: Craig Lassig/EPA
Red River floods: Homes are surrounded by floating ice and floodwater as the Red River rises.
28 March: Homes are surrounded by floating ice and floodwater in Fargo. The normal banks of the river are defined by the twisting tree line Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP
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