|
Articles |
| Photo Gallery page 7 | |
 April 16, 1997Fargo City Operations Manager Dennis Walaker fights the noise of earth-moving equipment as he tries to make a cellular call near the Second Street dike Tuesday. Bruce Crummy/The Forum |
 April 16, 1997Minnesota National Guardsmen await a ride on top of their submerged vehicle, which slid off the roadway Tuesday in Breckenridge. Colburn Hvidston III/The Forum |
 April 15, 1997Linda Campbell pushes an ice chunk away from the dike protecting her home in the River Oaks addition in south Moorhead Monday. Campbell was working to ensure her dike wasn’t damaged by the ice. Forum photo by Nick Carlson |
 April 15, 1997Sandbaggers form a long line on the west side of Perley, Minn., Monday afternoon as they top off the dike there to battle rising waters. Bruce Crummy/The Forum |
 April 15, 1997Craig Hanson, 63 Woodland Drive N.E., Fargo, piles more sandbags on his dike to fight a seepage problem that developed Monday. Colburn Hvidston III/The Forum |
 April 15, 1997Missy Schrader, 14, an eighth-grader at West Fargo Middle School, found it too windy Monday afternoon to use the canoe she has been using as she walks from County Road 17 to her home north of West Fargo. Colburn Hvidston III/The Forum |
 April 15, 1997Gnadt Orlaine squeezes out a rag Monday afternoon while trying to clean up her car. The vehicle was one of many in Ada, Minn., that were damaged by recent floodwaters. Bruce Crummy/The Forum |
 April 15, 1997Only the tops of the tallest headstones remain above water Monday in the cemetery at Nora Lutheran Church, located 20 miles north of Fargo near Gardner, N.D. Dave Wallis/The Forum |
 April 15, 1997The south edge of Hendrum, Minn., looked like a beachfront Monday as waves lapped up against a protective dike. High winds created whitecaps in the huge amount of water in fields surrounding the town. Bruce Crummy/The Forum |
 April 15, 1997Water rolls over a roadway and begins to erode the driving surface Monday on this entrance into a West Fargo addition off County Road 17. Colburn Hvidston III/The Forum |