As the water in the Red River of the North and all its tributaries continues to recede, the flood focus now begins to shift from the rivers to the lakes.
Ice has only just recently gone out on lakes across western Minnesota. Last fall was very rainy, and some of the heaviest rains were across the lakes country in Becker and Otter Tail counties.
The winter snowfalls and late-winter rains that caused river and overland flooding in North Dakota were generally not so heavy in Minnesota. However, there was snow.
That snow has now melted and flowed into lakes already high from the fall rain.
High water can mean a summer of trouble for owners of lake cabins and resorts. A warm, dry summer will greatly help the situation. A cloudy, rainy summer could make things worse.
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