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Flooding ^ Severe Storm - Moorhead, Minn. , April 7, 2009 -- Moorhead City engineers and workers hastily erecting a temporary clay dike through the streets of this riverside neighborhood. The area suffered through the highest crest of the river ever recorded; a second snow-melt wave of water is predicted. Mike Moore/FEMA

Flooding ^ Severe Storm - Moorhead, Minn. , April 7, 2009 -- Moorhead City engineers and workers hastily erecting a temporary clay dike through the streets of this riverside neighborhood. The area suffered through the highest crest of the river ever recorded; a second snow-melt wave of water is predicted. Mike Moore/FEMA

Flooding ^ Severe Storm - Moorhead, Minn. , April 4, 2009 -- Sheriff and water rescue teams searching for a reported missing person on the flooded Red River. Cresting at more than 40ft. , it is the highest flood stage ever recorded. Mike Moore/FEMA

Flooding ^ Severe Storm - Valley City, N. D. , April 12, 2009 -- The swollen Sheyenne River doing battle with National Guard and city officials to seep through a massive dike built to protect the town as a local film crew records the action from atop the structure. Record river crests across the Red River valley are pitting man against nature throughout the region. Mike Moore/FEMA

Flooding ^ Severe Storm - Moorhead, Minn. , April 7, 2009 -- Eight year old Moorhead, MN resident Luke J. mans the drainage hose that is clearing the way for a massive temporary clay dike being built in his direction from down the street. The predicted second crest of the Red River is forcing city residents to brace yet again against record breaking floodwater. Mike Moore/FEMA

Flooding ^ Severe Storm - Moorhead, Minn. , April 4, 2009 -- The Red River drowns the roadway and completely covers over a bridge just north of Moorhead, MN. According to local officials, the 2009 spring flood of the river was the highest ever recorded. Mike Moore/FEMA

Flooding ^ Severe Storm - Valley City, N. D. , April 12, 2009 -- A large capacity pump working in effort to keep ahead of seepage and rainwater accumulating outside the massive dike constructed to hold the Sheyenne River in check; Red River valley rivers across the region are cresting at record levels. Mike Moore/FEMA

Flooding ^ Severe Storm - Moorhead, Minn. , April 6, 2009 -- Red Cross volunteers load up disaster clean-up kits for another trip back into flooded areas of Clay County, MN. High water all along the Clay County side of the Red River has caused storm drains and sewers to backwash into streets and residencies; among other things, the kits contain disinfectant. Mike Moore/FEMA

Flooding ^ Severe Storm - Moorhead, Minn. , April 12, 2009 -- Riverside household flood damaged items waiting for pick-up on the curb behind a city-built dike. Historic river levels already flooded homes and businesses along the Red River of the North while yet another cresting is predicted; FEMA programs assist communities with debris removal after a disaster. Mike Moore/FEMA

Flooding ^ Severe Storm - Moorhead, Minn. , April 4, 2009 -- City of Moorhead worker Gary Watne monitors a flood pump at the dike near the Red River. Unprecedented flood stages are being fought as river levels crest higher than ever recorded. Mike Moore/FEMA

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Title: Moorhead, MN floods highest ever; city works to hold back water

Production Date: 04/04/2009

Caption: Moorhead, Minn. , April 4, 2009 -- City of Moorhead worker Gary Watne monitors a flood pump at the dike near the Red River. Unprecedented flood stages are being fought as river levels crest higher than ever recorded. Mike Moore/FEMA

Photographer Name: Mike Moore

City/State: Moorhead, MN

Disasters: Minnesota Severe Storms and Flooding (EM-3304)

Disaster Types: Flooding ^ Severe Storm

Categories: Response ^ State/Local Officials

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Flooding - Angola, La. , May 24, 2011 -- Angola State Penitentiary evacuated some of the inmates to Camp C due to the high waters in the Mississippi River to keep them safe in higher ground. Foot, river and air patrols continuously safe guard the perimeter and monitor the river levels. FEMA/Daniel Llargues

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Flooding ^ Winter Storm - Moorhead, Minn. , March 30, 2009 --Mennonite volunteers from International Falls, Minnesota, Jolene Miller and Heather Sunne help fill sandbags in Moorhead, Minnesota following the Red River flooding. Andrea Booher/FEMA

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