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Moorhead, Minn. and Fargo, N.D.

Photos: As river rises, flood fight picks up in Fargo-Moorhead

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Checking water levels
Zach Skramstad, left, and Andrew Becker of Moore Engineering, Inc., of West Fargo, N.D., were on the Main Avenue bridge between Fargo and Moorhead to read a river gauge on Wednesday morning. The company is working for the city of Fargo.
MPR Photo/Ann Arbor Miller

Volunteers and homeowners are building sandbag dikes to ready themselves for the expected rise of the Red River at Fargo-Moorhead to between 39 and 41 feet by late this weekend.

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Rubber boots
Donald Dale's rubber boots sit outside his south Moorhead home on Wednesday, April 6, 2011. The 82-year-old man says the 2011 flood fight "could be" his last.
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Checking water levels
Zach Skramstad, left, and Andrew Becker of Moore Engineering, Inc., of West Fargo, N.D., were on the Main Avenue bridge between Fargo and Moorhead to read a river gauge on Wednesday morning. The company is working for the city of Fargo.
MPR Photo/Ann Arbor Miller
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Pair of ducks
While the Red River continues its steady rise, life appears to move along normally for a pair of ducks on Wednesday, April 6, 2011. This view is from Fargo looking east toward downtown Moorhead.
MPR Photo/Ann Arbor Miller