Return to Lincoln Park
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"I look at my neighbors' houses and I cry."

Condemned Housing
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"A lot of them are hazardous, falling hazards."

Home Sweet Trailer
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"It may be kind of crowded with six, but it beats sleeping in your car or somewhere else."

Prom: Take My Breath Away
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"The only thing I got to grab was my dress - then the house went under completely."

UND Opens for Summer Session
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"Think of the internship opportunities we're going to have available to our students as our community goes through this process."

Small Businesses Reeling
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"I feel the business people are coming out on the short end of the stick."

Help Wanted: Electricians
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"Contractors have been coming to town that have outstanding warrants against them."

Where to Take the Little Ones?
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"There's a lot to do, but we're talking about our kids."

Grand Forks Herald Presses On
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"Our people found greatness they didn't know they had."

Future of Ada Health Facilities in Question
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"We need a clinic desperately, I think."

On the Wrong Side of the New Dike
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"Let 'em push it in and haul it away."

A Flood of Trash
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"Dump it in the street, dump it in the alley; wherever they want it, we dump it."

Second Angel Appears for Flood Victims
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"The first Angel's hope was that this would be a lead gift and additional gifts might come in."

Not a Drop to Drink
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"Just because there's water at the tap doesn't mean it's gonna be good."

A Visit to the Emergency Room
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"When United Hospital shut down, that was the living end."

A Congregation in Grief and Hope
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"Maybe it will teach us we can't live by computers alone."

Attending a Flood Recovery Fair in Bemidji
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"When you figure out you can't save something that was really important to you, that's the moment when you realize 'my life has changed.'"

Day of Prayer in Fargo
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"God has his ways of setting off the alarm clock and waking us up."

Homeowners Face the Costs
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"It's hard enough for something like this to happen; and then to worry about financial situations."

Free Sand in Sioux Falls
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"As fast as the city hauls it in, people are right here to pick it up."

Striving for Normal in Breckenridge
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"It's getting bad when you say 'home' and mean your friend's basement."

The Long Wait to Return Home
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"I hope we would find my house and it would still be in one piece."

Estimating the Damage in Grand Forks
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"Downtown Grand Forks looks like it's been through a battle.."

Volunteer Airlift
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Geo-political differences often become meaningless in times of crisis.

Back to School
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"You've got just any number of school kids who are going to be affected."

Services for the Stressed
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"Psychologically, it's a huge thing to have happened to them."

Seeking New Paths to Disaster Recovery
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"We're really confronted with . . . close to a billion-dollar expense."

Communications for Evacuees
Part I: Video Conferencing in Bemidji
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"We can turn on interactive studios across the upper Midwest and link people instantly."

Communications for Evacuees
Part II: Reunion Room in Moorhead
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"It's been important for us just to be connected with people."

Some Blame the Weather Service
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"They not only missed it, they blew it big."

Beginning the Cleanup in Montevideo
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"I didn't think the cleanup would be that hard."

At Salvation Army Flood Relief Central
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"I have two pair of jeans, two shirts, two pair of underwear and that's it!"

The Neighbors' Tales
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"The water was coming through the bricks like a faucet."

East Grand Forks Underwater
MPR reporter Dan Gunderson goes on boat patrol with local police.
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"It was my husband's grandmother's house - it's all gone, every bit of it."

Mainstreet Radio Special Report
A two-hour broadcast with interviews, call-ins, and on-the-scene reports linking MPR's St. Paul and Moorhead studios.
Rundown with access to audio files.

No Rest for Weary Residents
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"I know some people who've lost their dikes today."

Red River Continues to Crest
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"The duration becomes an issue."

Gawkers Crowd Metro Riverbanks
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"A once-in-a-lifetime sight."

Breckenridge Hopes Worst Is Over
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"We tried, but it's tough to fight Mother Nature."

Dike Watchers
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"If there's anything good in this, it's that it's brought people together."

Breckenridge Braces for a Second Crest
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"I think we would have been fine if it weren't for that three inches of rain we got before the blizzard hit."

Preparations Along the Mighty Mississippi
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"The river is a very unsafe place right now."

Army Corps of Engineers: New Channels?
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"We can start out with a community and look at all sorts of alternatives."

Moorhead Under Siege
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"It's sweeping into towns that have never been flooded before."

The Town of Harwood Dikes Itself In
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"We may have to run pretty fast."

Crest Projections Raised in Fargo-Moorhead
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"My concern right now is not to panic."

A P R I L 8

Metro Area Waters Rise
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"Local organizers are pleading for more help."

A P R I L 7

Rescuing the Marooned
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"The house was surrounded, the basement was flooded, the power was flickering. It was time to leave."

Flooding in Granite Falls
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"We're hanging on by our fingernails."