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The 1950 Red River flood was a devastating flood that took place along the Red River in The Dakotas and Manitoba from April 15 to June 12, 1950. Damage was particularly severe in the city of Winnipeg and its environs, which were inundated on May 5, also known as Black Friday to some residents.
The Red River floods refer to the various flooding events in recent history of the Red River of the North, which forms the border between North Dakota and Minnesota and flows north, into Manitoba. Around 16% of the Red River basin , excluding the Assiniboine basin, is located in Canada; the remainder is within The Dakotas and Minnesota.
In 1997 these towns and the surrounding farm buildings and lands ended up with the bulk of the flood water in order to save Winnipeg from flood damage. [17] In 2011, the Manitoba government intentionally diverted water from the Assiniboine River to save Winnipeg which ended up flooding communities around Lake Manitoba - The communities of ...
The 2009 Red River flood was a major flood in March and April 2009 along the Red River of the North in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Southern Manitoba. The flood crested at 40.82 ft (12.44 m) on March 28, 2009, for Fargo, North Dakota. "Southern Manitoba experienced the most widespread flooding along the Assiniboine River on record.
1950: 1950 Red River flood: Flood Manitoba: Prairies 3 1951 June 15: Hospice Sainte-Cunégonde fire: Fire Montreal, Quebec: Central Canada 35 1952 January 14: McGregor Mine explosion: Mining disaster Stellarton, Nova Scotia: Maritimes 19 1952 July 9: No. 20 Colliery explosion: Mining disaster Glace Bay, Nova Scotia: Maritimes 7 1954: Hurricane ...
Starting from the bottom of the posts, the bottom marker represents the 1950 flood, the middle marker represents both the 1852 and 1997 floods, and the top the flood of 1826. [90] The flood line markers on one of the posts have historic plaques with information on the floods they represent. [91]
Buncombe County officials are urging people with pets to try the WNC Ag Center and all other to go to A-B Tech. Many roads are closed across Western North Carolina due to flooding, fallen trees ...
In Winnipeg, the flood crested at 24.5 feet (7.5 m) above datum at the James Avenue pumping station, making it the third-highest flood at Winnipeg in recorded history. It was surpassed by the floods of 1825, and 1826. The city was largely spared the fate of Grand Forks thanks to the Floodway, which was pushed to its capacity during the 1997 flood.