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 May 1, 1997Mary Denis and her son Ryan, with the family dog Sheyenne, stand atop the earthen dike encircling their home near the Sheyenne River north of Harwood, N.D. Forum photo by Nick Carlson |
 May 2, 1997Heavy equipment starts removing part of the clay dike at the intersection of First Avenue and Second Street North in Fargo Thursday near the bridge into Moorhead that has been closed since the dike was built. Forum photo by Dave Wallis |
 April 30, 1997Neil and Bev Thompson of Reynolds, N.D., pump the basement of a home on Conklin Avenue in the Riverside Park area of Grand Forks, N.D., Tuesday. Thompson is a trucker whose business was burned out. He says since he has time on his hands, he will use it to help others. Forum photo by Colburn Hvidston III |
 April 30, 1997Lud Fettig collects debris that has washed up near his house in the Griggs Park area of East Grand Forks, Minn., Tuesday. Forum photo by Nick Carlson |
 April 29, 1997Forklift operator Capt. George Beauchamp of Santa Fe, N.M., steers through supplies in the staging area of the Salvation Army relief center in the former Builders Square building in south Fargo. Forum photo by Nick Carlson |
 April 29, 1997Ben Braseth of Lake Park, Minn., marks supplies heading for Larimore, N.D., in the staging area of the Salvation Army relief center in south Fargo. Forum photo by Nick Carlson |
 April 28, 1997Betty Lindstrom (left) spends Sunday helping Mari Gagelin sort out items she previously stored in her basement before floodwaters overtook the Oak Grove neighborhood in Fargo. Andy Blenkush/The Forum |
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 April 27, 1997Some in Fargo-Moorhead, like Joanne Tucker, who lives in south Fargo, are still keeping a watchful eye on the river despite its slow drop. Tucker had ben forced out of her home but was back Saturday to assess the damage. Nick Carlson/The Forum |
 April 27, 1997Paul Ames walks through his flooded basement Saturday at his home in Chrisan Estates, just off Highway 81 south of Fargo. Nick Carlson/The Forum |
| April 28, 1997 Betty Lindstrom (left) spends Sunday helping Mari Gagelin sort out items she previously stored in her basement before floodwaters overtook the Oak Grove neighborhood in Fargo. Andy Blenkush/The Forum |
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| April 27, 1997 Some in Fargo-Moorhead, like Joanne Tucker, who lives in south Fargo, are still keeping a watchful eye on the river despite its slow drop. Tucker had ben forced out of her home but was back Saturday to assess the damage. Nick Carlson/The Forum |
April 27, 1997 Paul Ames walks through his flooded basement Saturday at his home in Chrisan Estates, just off Highway 81 south of Fargo. Nick Carlson/The Forum |
 April 26, 1997The large sandbag dike surrounding the Oak Creek neighborhood in the southwestern part of Fargo sports a large thank you note to volunteers who helped create the dikes. Forum photo by Dave Wallis |
 April 26, 1997Oakport residents and visitors barely keep their feet dry as they ride on a trailer being pulled through high water by a tractor as the Clay County Sheriff’s department makes a trip into the flooded north Moorhead neighborhood every hour. The residents’ only way in or out was by boat until the water recently dropped enough to allow the tractor to drive on Wall Street Avenue North. Forum photo by Dave Wallis |