The levees in Fargo stand at 40 feet. A forecasted flood crest for Friday evening in Fargo is 39-41 feet.
Thousands of people from in and around that southeastern North Dakota city are helping fill sandbags to raise the levee's height to 42 feet in an attempt to save much of that city of around 100000.
Here is the URL of a live flood camera in Fargo- this view looking west from the neighboring city of Moorhead-MN..
Flooding from an ice-jammed Missouri River also threatens the North Dakota town of Bismarck.
For the first time since it was built in the 1950's- the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have closed all outlets to the Garrison Dam- trying to lower the water level in downstream Bismarck.
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