Photo: #Gary Stay, a volunteer from Longville, Minnesota, helps to brace a retaining wall holding back flood water from reaching the ground level of Brian Witthoeft's home March 27, 2009 in Moorhead, Minnesota.
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Gary Stay, a volunteer from Longville, Minnesota, helps to brace a retaining wall holding back flood water from reaching the ground level of Brian Witthoeft's home March 27, 2009 in Moorhead, Minnesota. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Red River Floods of 2009


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Red River Floods of 2009

How to plan for flood

Broadcast: Midmorning, 03/30/2009, 9:06 a.m.

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It's tough to prevent damage in record breaking floods like Red River towns and cities are experiencing. But that doesn't stop flood management experts from trying.

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  • Tom Robertson: MPR reporter covering the flood
  • Craig Edwards: MPR meteorlogist.
  • Gerald Galloway: Professor of engineering at the University of Maryland.
  • John Fryklund: Partner, Flood Control America. His company has "invisible walls" at East Grand Forks, Fargo and other locations. He was just in East Grand Forks as the wall was put in place.

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