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Flooding ^ Severe Storm ^ Winter Storm - Fargo, N. D. , March 26, 2009 -- Volunteers stand on the East Dike in Fargo, North Dakota helping to build a temporary levee on the banks of the Red River. The volunteers are using sandbags to build the levee. The Red River of the North is expected to crest on Saturday at over 41 feet. Photo by Patsy Lynch/FEMA

Flooding ^ Severe Storm ^ Winter Storm - Fargo, N. D. , March 26, 2009 --Thousands of sand bags wait for volunteers to build a temporary levee on the banks of the Red River. The Red River is expected to crest on Saturday at over 41 feet. Photo by Patsy Lynch/FEMA

Flooding ^ Severe Storm - Fargo, N. D. , March 27, 2009 -- Two young volunteers fill sandbags in the Fargo Dome in Fargo, North Dakota. The sand bags are being used to protect levees surrounding Fargo. The Red River is expected to crest on Saturday at over 41 feet. Photo by Patsy Lynch/FEMA

Flooding ^ Severe Storm - Fargo, N. D. , March 27, 2009 -- The Salvation Army is providing food for volunteers in the Fargo Dome in Fargo, North Dakota where a temporary levee is being built on the banks of the Red River. The Red River is expected to crest on Sunday at over 41 feet. Photo by Patsy Lynch/FEMA

Flooding ^ Severe Storm - Fargo, N. D. , March 27, 2009 -- A Fargo City Engineer measures the latest level of ice and water in the East Dike in Fargo, North Dakota where a make-ship levee is being built on the banks of the Red River. The Red River is expected to crest on Saturday at over 43 feet. Photo by Patsy Lynch/FEMA

Flooding ^ Severe Storm ^ Winter Storm - Fargo, N. D. , March 28, 2009 --The Riverview section of Fargo is experiencing flooding. Temporary levees have been created to stop additional flooding from the Red River which is expected to crest on Sunday. Photo by Patsy Lynch/FEMA

Flooding ^ Severe Storm ^ Winter Storm - Fargo, N. D. , March 28, 2009 --The Riverview section of Fargo is experiencing flooding. Temporary levees have been created to stop additional flooding from the Red River which is expected to crest on Sunday. Photo by Patsy Lynch/FEMA

Flooding ^ Severe Storm ^ Winter Storm - Fargo, N. D. , March 28, 2009 -- The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers is providing assistance to local officials and residents in Fargo, ND . The Red River is expected to crest at 41 feet on Sunday. Photo by Patsy Lynch/FEMA

Flooding ^ Severe Storm ^ Winter Storm - Fargo, N. D. , March 29, 2009 -- The U. S, Army Corps of Engineers direct a helicopter which is bringing a packet of sand to be used to patch a levee at a school in the Oak Grove section of Fargo, ND. The levee, built in 2000 was breached and the ACE and local officials worked together to fix the levee. The Red River crested on Sunday at over 40 feet. Photo by Patsy Lynch/FEMA

Flooding ^ Severe Storm ^ Winter Storm - Fargo, N. D. , March 26, 2009 -- A volunteer carries sand bags towards the area on the East Dike in Fargo, North Dakota where a temporary levee is being built on the banks of the Red River. The Red River is expected to crest on Saturday at over 41 feet. Photo by Patsy Lynch/FEMA

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Title: Resident carrying sand bags in North Dakota

Production Date: 03/26/2009

Caption: Fargo, N. D. , March 26, 2009 -- A volunteer carries sand bags towards the area on the East Dike in Fargo, North Dakota where a temporary levee is being built on the banks of the Red River. The Red River is expected to crest on Saturday at over 41 feet. Photo by Patsy Lynch/FEMA

Photographer Name: Patsy Lynch

City/State: Fargo, ND

Keywords: levee North Dakota sand bags volunteers flooding

Disasters: North Dakota Severe Storms and Flooding (DR-1829)

Disaster Types: Flooding ^ Severe Storm ^ Winter Storm

Categories: Operations ^ Preparations

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[Hurricane Gustav] New Orleans, LA, September 3, 2008 -- Aerial of broken levee in Plaqumines Parish. Jacinta Quesada/FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Oakville, Iowa, July 6th, 2008--The Army Corps of Engineers works to repair a road to improve access into Oakville. This will also contain the flow of the Iowa River which breached it's levee in mid June. After the road is repaired the Corps can begin repairing the levee which will bring relief to the town of Oakville. Susie Shapira/FEMA

[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Oakville, Iowa, June 27th, 2008-- The Welcome to Oakville sign, dilapidated and covered with debris, leans precariously against a tree and is symbolic of the state of the town, now underwater for two weeks since the Iowa river breeched it's levee. Susie Shapira/FEMA

Huge piles of sand and rock are being loaded onto dump trucks with front-end loaders. The dump trucks will carry the sand and rock to Members of the Army National Guard to fortify levees and other areas when the Mississippi River overran it banks after strong rain storms

Dam/Levee Break ^ Flooding ^ Hurricane/Tropical Storm ^ Severe Storm - Rodderdam Junction, N. Y. , September 27, 2011 -- The lock 9 Mohawk River Bridge was destroyed due to the heavy flooding caused from hurricane Irene and tropical storm Lee. FEMA is here to support the Counties and the State of New York by authorizing Public Assistance funding category A debris removal, and category B, emergency protective measures. Adam DuBrowa/FEMA

Dam/Levee Break ^ Severe Storm ^ Winter Storm - Oxbow, N. D. , April 6, 2009 --Joe Shoemaker, a representative from the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers discusses placement of sand bags in Oxbox, ND. with members of the Oxbow city engineers. Karl Berg, another representative from the Corps stands behind him. The Corps has been advising and assiting the residents of Oxbow with their flood preparations. Oxbow citizens are preparing for the possibility of additional flooding later in the week. Photo by Patsy Lynch/FEMA

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

[Hurricane Katrina] New Orleans, LA, 4-22-06 -- Colonel Lewis Setliff, Commander of Task Force Guardian and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers workers, watch as a 75 ton Gate Jacket Structure is lowered into place. The Gate Jacket Structure will hold the interim Flood Gates at the 17th St Canal. FEMA is building this interim flood gate by June 1st under its Public Assistance program until a better Flood Gate and Levee system can be completed to protect New Orleans residents and property. Marvin Nauman/FEMA photo

[Hurricane Katrina] New Orleans, LA, August 30, 2005 -- Several areas of the city are flooded due to the levee break. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks. American Civil War photograph by Mathew Brady.

Flooding ^ Mudslide/Landslide ^ Severe Storm ^ Winter Storm - Pasadena, Calif. , March 26, 2010 -- Massive Debris basins at Pickins yard are cleaned after recent heavy rains caused landslides, mudslides and flooding to the region. Under the Public Assistance declaration State and local governments are eligible to apply for assistance under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. Adam DuBrowa/FEMA

Flooding - Minot, N. D. , July 3, 2011 --Parts of Minot, ND are still flooded after the Souris River overflowed its' banks. Photo by Patsy Lynch/FEMA

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