The welcome sign outside of East Grand Forks, Minnesota, collects debris
from the continued flooding of the Red River. At this point, the river
is 25 feet above flood stage.
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Dump trucks wait in line to back their load of dirt to the end of a dike being constructed on a street in Grand Forks, N.D. |
East Grand Forks, Minn., Mayor Lynn Strauss surveys the damage to the south end of the city Sunday afternoon. |
Volunteer troops load food salvaged from freezers of Valley View Elementary School in Grand Forks. |
After igniting at the Security Building, near the top and center of this photograph, the fire cut a diagonal swath through downtown Grand Forks. |
The Grand Forks Herald building, housing the city's major newspaper and seen in the upper left of the previous photograph, was destroyed as was nearly every business on the block. |
A boat carrying U.S. Congressman Colin Peterson gets a tour of the East Grand Forks neighborhood of The Point. This was one of the areas where the heaviest damage occurred. Notice that the waters are at the second story of this house. |
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