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Cathy Wurzer and Dan Gunderson

Dikes need to go up another foot in Fargo

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Cold temperatures caused work to slow down in the fight against the flooding river.
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Officials in Fargo and Moorhead are making another urgent call for volunteers to help fight the flooding Red River this morning.

The urgency comes from the latest flood forecast, which has the Red rising to 41 feet on Saturday. The forecast is forcing officials to raise dikes a foot higher than planned.

Cathy Wurzer spoke with Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Gunderson who is in Fargo.

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Unloading bags
Cold temperatures caused work to slow down in the fight against the flooding river.
MPR Photo/Dan Gunderson