Communities along the Red River in eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota are bracing for potentially record-breaking flooding. The National Weather Service predicts that flooding could surpass those of the 1997 disaster. In many communities intensive sandbagging efforts are underway, and officials in Fargo, N.D., are working to raise the city's system of dikes. Fargo's mayor said the swollen river is moving into "uncharted territory," according to a CNN report.
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