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North Dakota’s most populous city fortified dikes and braced itself early Friday as the National Weather Service said the Red River could crest as high as 43 feet. That’s 2 feet higher than earlier predicted. The city didn’t plan to raise the reinforcements on the city’s dikes, which were lifted to 43 feet Wednesday when the weather service gave the 41-foot prediction, said Fargo Deputy Mayor Tim Mahoney
Two retired Turkish generals are accused of masterminding a plot to overthrow the government, according to an indictment officially released Wednesday that charged more than 50 others as their accomplices. The last flood even near that level was in 1997, when the river crested at 39.6 feet. The record for the Red River in Fargo, the state’s most populous city, was set in 1897 at 40.1 feet, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
City officials spent much of Wednesday working on a revised plan after the National Weather Service issued a foreboding forecast for the Red River: a 41-foot crest predicted to hit Saturday. The last flood even near that level was in 1997, when the river crested at 39.6 feet