Sandbagging moved into high gear on Monday across the area with massive amounts of clay, sand and sandbags being moved around the community. In Fargo trucks loaded with sandbags were given lights-and-siren escorts by police cars from Sandbag Central to the southside of town. Scores of students from Shanley and Fargo South high schools built dikes at homes along River Shore Drive.
Oakport Towship north of Moorhead is in a more unique situation. Because of the way the houses are spread out and the varied elevations each individual home needs its own ring dike.
Red River stage, 9:15pm: 27.86ft
Record: 40.1ft
Flood stage: 18ft
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- Palettes of sandbags line River Shore Drive in Fargo, N.D. as trucks deliver more to the area.
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- A Fargo police car uses its lights and siren to escort trucks loaded with sandbags to River Shore Drive in south Fargo, N.D.
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- The rising Red River flows behind a line of volunteers as they build a dike in the backyard of a home along the Red River in Fargo, N.D. High schools and universities in the Fargo-Moorhead area canceled classes Monday, March 23 and encouraged students to help with the flood fighting efforts.
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- A line of volunteers pass sandbags as they build a dike in the backyard of a home along the Red River in Fargo, N.D.
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- Volunteers pass sandbags as they build a dike in the backyard of a home along the Red River in Fargo, N.D.
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- Cousins Brittany Granberg, right, and Kelsey Granberg stack sandbags on palettes to be used in building a dike behind a home along the Red River in Fargo, N.D.
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- Fargo Shanley High School freshman Madeline Carson, 14, passes a sandbag to a classmate as they help build a dike behind a home along the Red River in Fargo, N.D.
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- Scores of local high school and college students pass sandbags from the street to the rear of homes along River Shore Drive in Fargo N.D. as they build dikes to protect the homes. High schools and universities in the Fargo-Moorhead area canceled classes Monday, March 23 and encouraged students to help with the flood fighting efforts.
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- The Red River steadily rises beneath the bridges connecting Moorhead, Minn. and Fargo, N.D. Several bridges and roads are already closed or under water due to the high water levels.
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- A sanitation truck dumps sandbags into a pile for volunteers stacking building a dike behind a home along the Red River in the Oak Grove neighborhood of Fargo, N.D.
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- Amanda Lindseth, left, and Aaron Rubbert pass sandbags along a line of volunteers as they build a dike behind a home along the Red River in the Oak Grove neighborhood of Fargo, N.D. Lindseth lives in the neighborhood and Rubbert is a North Dakota State University student volunteer.
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- A surveyor’s marker shows were a Red River crest of 41 feet would reach while volunteers stack sandbags behind a home along the Red River in the Oak Grove neighborhood of Fargo, N.D.
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- Volunteers stack sandbags behind a home along the Red River in the Oak Grove neighborhood of Fargo, N.D.
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- A home in Oakport Township, Minn. is surrounded by a dike as water creeps closer. Nearly every home in the township has a dike being built around it for protection from the rising Red River.
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- Several antique cars are surrounded by high water in Oakport Township, Minn. Monday afternoon. Nearly every home in the township has a dike being built around it for protection from the rising Red River.
