(Grand Forks, ND) — There’s a bit of a silver lining in the National Weather Service’s forecast for possible spring flooding along the Red River in Minnesota and North Dakota.
While the late winter outlook calls for higher chances of significant flooding in the Fargo-Moorhead area, lingering drought conditions have left more room for melting snow to seep into the ground.
And several of this winter’s blizzards didn’t bring in as much new snowfall as in years past.
Fargo and Moorhead were last threatened by flood waters in 2019.
U.S. troops and civilian killed in Syria ambush
Two U.S. service members and one American civilian have been killed and three other people wounded in an ambush by the Islamic State group in central Syria, the U.S. Central Command said.
48m ago
Loons fill Maine lakes with ghost-like calls
Maine's loons are on the mend, filling more of the lakes and ponds in the state with their haunting calls. Maine is home to a few thousand of the large waterbirds, and conservationists say efforts to protect them from threats have helped grow the pop...
1h ago
Some Native Americans draw shocked response over contract to design immigration detention centers
The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation that was uprooted from the Great Lakes region in the 1830s is facing widespread outrage over plans to profit from another forced removal
1h ago
Johnson unveils health plan as GOP divisions persist
The Senate failed to get anywhere on health care this week. Now it's the House's turn. Speaker Mike Johnson late Friday released a package of proposal to address growing health care costs.
3h ago
FOLLOW US FOR INSTANT UPDATES!
FOLLOW US FOR INSTANT UPDATES!