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The Flood of 1997: Ten Years Later
The flood was a slow-motion disaster, the underpinning of which was a series of blizzards during the previous winter. When the snow melted, the southern end of the Red River flooded. Rain followed, then a freeze. It took almost two weeks for the disaster to reach its zenith in Grand Forks, N.D. By then, the skies were clear, the temperatures warm, and the disaster immense.Services
The Flood of 1997: Ten Years Later
Grand Forks: Then and Now
April 19, 2007
St. Paul, Minn. — Church bells in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and East Grand Forks, Minnesota rang at 4:00 P.M. Thursday to commemorate the exact time the dikes along the Red River began to fail ten years ago.
MPR's Dan Gunderson spoke with All Things Considered host Tom Crann from the banks of the Red River in Grand Forks about the flood and its effects.
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