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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.
The Red River flood of 1997 in the United States was a major flood that occurred in April 1997, along the Red River of the North in North Dakota and Minnesota.The flood reached throughout the Red River Valley, affecting the cities of Fargo, Moorhead, and Winnipeg, while Grand Forks and East Grand Forks received the most damage, where floodwaters reached over 3 miles (5 km) inland, inundating ...
The flood reached throughout the Red River Valley, affecting the cities of Fargo and Winnipeg, but none so greatly as Grand Forks and East Grand Forks, where floodwaters reached more than 3 miles (4.8 km) inland. They inundated virtually everything in the twin communities. Total damages for the Red River region were US$3.5 billion.
The 2011 Missouri River floods was a flooding event on the Missouri River in the United States, in May and June that year. The flooding was triggered by record snowfall in the Rocky Mountains of Montana and Wyoming along with near-record spring rainfall in central and eastern Montana.
The 2009 Red River flood along the Red River of the North in North Dakota and Minnesota in the United States and Manitoba in Canada brought record flood levels to the Fargo-Moorhead area. The flood was a result of saturated and frozen ground, spring snowmelt exacerbated by additional rain and snow storms, and virtually flat terrain.
Oct. 9-11, 1903: Passaic River Flood Devastates North Jersey. In October 1903, a catastrophic flood surged through North Jersey, just 18 months after the worst flood in two decades.
The Assiniboine River at Brandon, Manitoba reached its highest-ever recorded level. [5] The 2011 Assiniboine River Flood was a 300-year flood, meaning a flood with its magnitude has (on average) a roughly 0.3% chance of occurring in a given year. [citation needed] 2011 flood levels on the Red River were below those of 2009. [citation needed]
At 6:04 p.m., the river had hit 30 feet in the town of Fletcher. Henderson County spokesperson Mike Morgan said the county has a "good number of trees down" as they see a "a lot of flooding in ...