50-50 Spring Flood Outlook for Red River



  --  An updated flood forecast from the National Weather Service shows there's a 50-percent chance the Red River at Fargo-Moorhead could hit 38.1 feet this spring.  Fargo says it's well prepared to handle that, but sandbags will be needed to shore up levees and other low areas.  Moorhead City Manager Mike Redlinger says only a handful of property owners would need to build flood protection.  He says the infrastructure is stable and the community is not going to have any street closure or impacted utilities.   In fact, Redlinger says the city is quite comfortable through 40-feet, thanks to 90-million dollars in improvements including 217 home buyouts since 2009.

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