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The Red River which flows on the border between North Dakota and Minnesota has risen to 22 feet above flood stage causing devastating flooding in the Fargo/Moorhead area. Compounded with cold, new snow and ice still on the river residents are having to sandbag their homes while fighting other natural elements. Meanwhile in Colorado a spring storm has hit Denver.
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Lowell Bottrell paddles through current in his neighborhood as the Red River continues to rise, Friday, March 27, 2009, in Briarwood, N.D. Bottrell is one of the few left in his neighborhood.
Carolyn Kaster Associated Press
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Craig Scheer, seated right, and wife Darcy Scheer seated center, approach dry land after being rescued by airboat with their 2 cats from their flooded home by Valley Water Rescue as the Red rRiver continues to rise, Friday, March 27, 2009, in Briarwood, N.D.
Carolyn Kaster Associated Press
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Floating ice and water is seen from the overflow of the Red River in Moorhead, Minn. The river had risen to 40.32 feet early Friday, more than 22 feet above flood stage and inches more than the previous high water mark of 40.1 feet set April 7, 1897.
Richard Tsong-Taatarii Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Ice slabs flow with the rising floodwater of the Red River, Friday, March 27, 2009, in Briarwood, N.D.
Carolyn Kaster Associated Press
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Ron Stensgard volunteered to pass sandbags to help shore up the dike in anticipation of the Red River cresting near Fargo, Thursday, March 26, 2009, near Fargo, N.D.
Richard Tsong-Taatarii Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Volunteers formed a line to pass sandbags to shore up a home in anticipation of the Red River cresting, Thursday, March 26, 2009, near Fargo, N.D.
Richard Tsong-Taatarii Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Volunteers made their way back to the road after volunteering to shore up the dike, Thursday, March 26, 2009, near Fargo, N.D. The river had risen to 40.32 feet early Friday _ more than 22 feet above flood stage and inches more than the previous high water mark of 40.1 feet set April 7, 1897.
Richard Tsong-Taatarii Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Helen Foss is helped off of a U.S. Coast Guard airboat after being rescued from her flooded home as the Red River continues to rise, Friday, March 27, 2009, in Briarwood, N.D.
Carolyn Kaster Associated Press
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Craig Scheer steps off of an air boat after being rescued with his wife Darcy Scheer and their two cats from their flooded home by Valley Water Rescue as the Red River continues to rise, Friday, March 27, 2009, in Briarwood, N.D.
Carolyn Kaster Associated Press
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Hundreds of volunteers fill sandbags at the Fargodome as the Red River continues to rise Friday, March 27, 2009 in Fargo, N.D.
Jim Mone Associated Press
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Michael Goertz, cleans off steps at Independence Plaza at 16th and Arapahoe Street in Denver on March 26, 2009.
John Prieto Associated Press
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The statue of the big blue bear at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver is shown on March 26, 2009.
John Prieto Associated Press