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In
Fargo call:
FirstLink's Flood Volunteer Center (701) 476-4161
Or
stop at:
Civic Memorial Auditorium - 200 4th St N
In
Moorhead call:
Moorhead Emergency Operation Center 299-5390
Or
stop at:
Public Works Facility - 700 15th Stree South
Power Plant - 519 Elm Street South
12th Avenue South (dead end at river)
Riverview Estates Park - 3801 5th Street South
River
Oakes Point
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Moorhead residents with flood questions
for the city can call the Limited Emergency Operating Center at
City Hall, 299-5390.
• In an emergency, call the Moorhead
Police dispatcher at
299-5111.
• Empty sandbags and sand are
available at no cost to Fargo residents threatened by floodwaters.
People must show identification and prove they need the assistance.
For more information, or for a sand delivery, call the Fargo Engineering
Department at
241-1545. Department workers will provide
elevation information and install depth stakes. Sandbags won’t
be delivered; they can be picked up at 402 23rd St. N.
• Sandbags Warehouse in Fargo
is selling sandbags and plastic to seal dikes, and will help people
figure how much sand they’ll need to buy from a contractor
and how to build a dike.
The number to call is 237-9550.
• For emotional support and counseling, call 235-7335.
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To volunteer
for the American Red Cross, call the Minn-Kota
chapter in Moorhead at 233-8040.
• Rural Clay County residents can
call
238-1008 to order empty sandbags at 16
cents apiece. Sand must be purchased from a contractor.
• Breckenridge (Minn.) Police Department – (218) 643-5506.
• Minnesota DOT road condition reports are
available at (651) 296-3000.
National Weather Service
Weather information from the regional
office in Grand Forks including its advanced
hydrologic prediction service.
Army
Corps of Engineers Regional Office
News and information about rivers
and lakes in our region from the St. Paul office of the Corp including
its water
control center with real
time river level charting.
North Dakota Geological Survey
Data
and charts from gaging stations along the Red River.
U.S.
Geological Survey website provides
up to the minute data from the agency's water guages throughout
the Red River Basin. Also includes comparison data on the 1997 flood.
Floodwatch
97
Look back at the photos and stories of the
historic flooding of 1997.
NDSU
Extension Service Coping with floods
City
of Fargo flood information and hotline phone numbers
Clay
County flood infomation and road closings
Cass
County flood
information
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