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

• 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
241-1514. Department workers will provide elevation information and install depth stakes. Sandbags won’t be delivered; they can be picked up at 403 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.

• 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

The road between Cass County 20 and Clay County 22 has been closed due to Red River flooding. Alternative routes have many motorists traveling through the Fargo-Moorhead down-town areas resulting in some congestion. Photo by Darren Gibbins / The Forum

Volunteers Tracy Toman, a North Dakota State University sophomore from Grand Forks, N.D., left, and Minnesota State University Moorhead senior Andrea Nagel of Bismarck, N.D., help fill sandbags Tuesday at the MSUM physical plant. Photo by Bruce Crummy / The Forum

Sandbag line of demarcation on Elm Street in north Fargo Tuesday stands ready to protect El Zagal Golf Course from rising Red River floodwaters. Photo by Bruce Crummy / The Forum

Construction of the Second Street dike to protect downtown Fargo nears completion Tuesday as dump trucks and loaders work near First Avenue North. Photo by Bruce Crummy / The Forum

Wahpeton Public Works Direc-tor Jerry Lein discusses the city’s flood preparations with Gov. John Hoeven Tuesday. The Red River is expected to crest at 19 to 20 feet Sunday in Wahpeton. Photo by Cole Short / The Forum

Jim and Twyla Blotsky home just west of Cass County Highway 17 near Cass County 20 is under seige by Sheyenne River floodwater Tuesday. The Blotsky’s just recently moved into their home. Photo by Bruce Crummy / The Forum

Jim and Twylah Blotsky look out the rear windows of their new home Tuesday. The Sheyenne River has risen to within a few yards of their home. Photo by Darren Gibbins / The Forum

A motorist heads north on Cass County 17 ignoring a road closed sign. Overland flooding from the Sheyenne, Maple and Rush Rivers have made travel difficult for some rural Harwood residents. Photo by Darren Gibbins / The Forum

A motorist heads west along Cass County 20 a few miles west of Cass County 17 where overland flooding from the Sheyenne and Maple Rivers is washing away what is left of the roadway. Photo by Darren Gibbins / The Forum

Barry Hanson, left, hands fellow Fargo Parks employee Jeff Simdorn a sand bag in an attempt keep El Zagal Golf Course from flooding. Photo by Darren Gibbins / The Forum

Members of Maple Sheyenne Lutheran Church along Cass County 20 may be taking Sunday boat rides instead of Sunday drives if flood waters don’t recede soon. Photo by Darren Gibbins / The Forum

Sandbags are at the ready at the Dean Beilke residence in the Butcher Block Addition a few miles south of Hickson, N.D. along U.S. Highway 81 near the Red River, which is in his back yard. Photo by Bruce Crummy / The Forum

Dean Beilke wades through rising floodwaters after unhooking the line to his propane tank in the backyard of his residence in the Butcher Block Addition located two miles north of Hickson, N.D. east of U.S. Highway 81. Photo by Bruce Crummy / The Forum

Kim Kelley and her daughter Hannah, 5, Tuesday walk in the yard of their Heritage Hills home which reflects in the rising flood waters from the nearby Red River Tuesday a few miles south of Fargo and just east of U.S. Highway 8. Photo by Bruce Crummy / The Forum