Photos: As river rises, flood fight picks up in Fargo-Moorhead

Checking water levels
Zach Skramstad, left, and Andrew Becker of Moore Engineering, Inc., of West Fargo, N.D., were on the Main Avenue bridge between Fargo and Moorhead to read a river gauge on Wednesday morning. The company is working for the city of Fargo.
MPR Photo/Ann Arbor Miller

Volunteers and homeowners are building sandbag dikes to ready themselves for the expected rise of the Red River at Fargo-Moorhead to between 39 and 41 feet by late this weekend.

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