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Published March 23, 2009, 12:00 AM

Photo Gallery: Spring Flood photos (March 23, 2009)

Spring flooding photos from the F-M area and beyond


Water fills most of a field near homes south of West Fargo Saturda as the snow melt continues. The National Weather Service said the Red River was about 3 feet above flood stage Sunday, March 22, 2009 in Fargo and more water was on the way. (AP Photo/The Forum, Dave Wallis)

  • Water fills most of a field near homes south of West Fargo Saturda as the snow melt continues. The National Weather Service said the Red River was about 3 feet above flood stage Sunday, March 22, 2009 in Fargo and more water was on the way. (AP Photo/The Forum, Dave Wallis)
  • Volunteers load sandbags in the back of trucks at a location on Wall Street Avenue in Oakport Township north of Moorhead. Carrie Snyder / The Forum
  • Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker spoke about the flood conditions such as the rising river level and the need for more volunteers during a press conference at the Fargo City Hall Commission Chambers Sunday evening. Carrie Snyder / The Forum
  • The Red River starts to touch the bottom of the Broadway bridge in North Fargo. The bridge is closed at this time. Carrie Snyder / The Forum
  • Workers fill trucks with dirt from a field located at 36th Avenue north and University in Fargo. The trucks will relocate the dirt to help the fight against the flood. Carrie Snyder / The Forum
  • Darin Haugen stops by a site to pick up sandbags filled by volunteers into a truck that will transport the bags to his house on 60th Avenue North in Moorhead. Volunteers continue to provide help for the Oakport Township north of Moorhead. Carrie Snyder / The Forum
  • Gerad Fugleberg (left) grabs a bag while (from left to right) Zach Ficenec, Chris Czichotzki and Luke Paper fill the bags with sand Sunday afternoon on Chrisan Way near 76th Avenue South in Fargo. The group plans to fill one thousand sandbags to help protect Ficenec's house from floodwaters. Carrie Snyder / The Forum
  • Members of North Dakota Air and Army National Guard units fill sand bags at Fargo's city garage Saturday, March 21, 2009 in Fargo, N.D. The city of Fargo is racing to fill 1.5 million sandbags to prepare for record flooding as a nearby river is expected to crest more than 20 feet above flood stage. (AP Photo/The Forum, Dave Wallis)
  • A loop of the Red River near 32nd Ave. S. in Fargo begins to show water building up in a low spot Saturday. Ice still covers most of the Red River in the area. Dave Wallis / The Forum
  • Volunteers use shovels to keep the sand moving into funnels to fill sand bags Saturday at Fargo's central production location. Dave Wallis / The Forum
  • Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker and North Dakota Governor John Hoeven hold a flooding information update meeting Saturday at Fargo's sand bag production facility. Behind them are some of the thousands of sand bags that have been filled and are waiting distribution. Dave Wallis / The Forum
  • Thousands of sand bags are stockpiled for distribution Saturday outside the Fargo city garage where volunteers are filling them. Dave Wallis / The Forum
  • After living next to the Red River for 21 years, Alan Randall removes his name plate from the side of his home at 4600 University Drive South in Fargo as he and his family was told to move out Saturday. The home had been bought by the city but he said he was told he had until June to move out. Bulldozers were busy in the backyard constructing a dike to protect the south side of Fargo from flood waters. Dave Wallis / The Forum
  • Salvation Army cots are set up in the gymnasium at Carl Ben Eilson Middle School Monday in Fargo for those looking for accomodations because of the flood. Dave Wallis / The Forum
  • Backhoes were busy filling dump trucks with clay southwest of the new Wal-Mart development in Fargo as they haul clay to the areas east of Rose Creek for several diking operations that were going on Saturday in Fargo. Dave Wallis / The Forum
  • Patrick Stoa, left, catches a sandbag tossed to him by Geoffrey Billingsley as they, along with many other volunteers, construct a dike Monday along the north side of Rose Coulee in the Rose Creek neighborhood. Stoa is a student at Minnesota State University Moorhead and Billingsley is a student at the University of North Dakota. In the background is the home of Mary Unhjem. Dave Wallis / The Forum
  • Gwen Mars of Fargo stacks sandbags Monday in the parking lot south of the Fargodome. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor
  • Concordia students Amy Luther, from left, Amy Freeman, Kelly Kalvoda and Andrea Rognlien fill sandbags Monday evening inside the Fargodome. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor
  • James Opitz looks out over the flood waters of the Red River Monday after a day of sandbagging behind his parents' home in north Fargo. The home, owned by Jim and Nancy Opitz, will be the first house outside the protection of a temporary dike laid across South Terrace near Oak Grove Lutheran School. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor
  • Denis Barkemeyer of Hammond, La., second from right, directs the installation Monday of the Hesco Concertainer flood barrier. The lined cages were being filled with sand along Fargo's 40th Avenue South. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor
  • Friends help Jeremy Kuipers place a floating pump to move water from inside the ring dike around his Kragnes home to the field on the other side which is flooded from the Buffalo River which is backing up. The home is a popular wedding place known as A Friends House. Dave Wallis / The Forum
  • Zach Boor, 12, whose face is splattered with mud, passes a sandbag down the line as he joined college students to help build a dike along the north side of Rose Coulee Monday in Fargo. Boor had the afternoon off from classes at Discovery Middle School. Dave Wallis / The Forum