Photos: Red River flooding from the air

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North of Fargo, ND, USA — Floodwaters are making travel difficult in much of the Red River Valley as dozens of roads are under water, including a portion of Interstate 29 north of Fargo. This image was taken near Harwood in Cass County on Monday, April 11, 2011. (MPR Photo/Ann Arbor Miller) link to this photo

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North of Fargo, ND, USA — A flooded farm is seen from the air north of Fargo-Moorhead on Monday, April 11, 2011. The Red River was at 38 feet, 20 feet above flood stage. (MPR Photo/Ann Arbor Miller) link to this photo

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North of Fargo, ND, USA — Another farm is seen in a rural area north of Fargo-Moorhead on Monday, April 11, 2011. As the River spread across the flat landscape of an ancient lakebed hundreds of rural residents found themselves surrounded by water. (MPR Photo/Ann Arbor Miller) link to this photo

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North of Fargo, ND, USA — A bridge barely rises above the floodwaters north of Fargo-Moorhead on Monday, April 11, 2011. Dozens of roads were under water in rural areas in Cass and Clay counties making travel nearly impossible. (MPR Photo/Ann Arbor Miller) link to this photo

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Fargo-Moorhead, ND/MN, US — Floodwaters consume much of the Red River Valley in eastern North Dakota and western Minnesota on Monday, April 11, 2011. (MPR Photo/Ann Arbor Miller) link to this photo

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Fargo-Moorhead, ND/MN, US — An extensive sandbag dike protects homes from the rising waters of the Red River in eastern North Dakota and western Minnesota on Monday, April 11, 2011. (MPR Photo/Ann Arbor Miller) link to this photo

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Fargo-Moorhead, ND/MN, US — A lone strip of land remains untouched as floodwaters consume much of the Red River Valley in eastern North Dakota and western Minnesota on Monday, April 11, 2011. (MPR Photo/Ann Arbor Miller) link to this photo

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Fargo-Moorhead, ND/MN, US — Floodwaters surround a town in a rural area north of Fargo-Moorhead on Monday, April 11, 2011. (MPR Photo/Ann Arbor Miller) link to this photo

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Fargo-Moorhead, ND/MN, US — Floodwaters from the Red River near the Main Avenue and Center Avenue bridges which connect Fargo and Moorhead on Monday, April 11, 2011 (MPR Photo/Ann Arbor Miller) link to this photo

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Near Oxbow, ND, US — Homes are threatened by floodwaters near Oxbow, N.D., located south of Fargo, on Monday, April 11, 2011. (MPR Photo/Ann Arbor Miller) link to this photo

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Fargo-Moorhead, ND/MN, US — Floodwaters encroach upon the intersection of two roads in a rural area north of Fargo-Moorhead on Monday, April 11, 2011. (MPR Photo/Ann Arbor Miller) link to this photo

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Fargo-Moorhead, ND/MN, US — Several homes west of Fargo, N.D. near County Road 17 sit protected from rising floodwaters by sandbag dikes on Monday, April 11, 2011. (MPR Photo/Ann Arbor Miller) link to this photo

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Fargo-Moorhead, ND/MN, US — Farm fields nearly consumed by floodwaters from the Red River are seen in eastern North Dakota on Monday, April 11, 2011. The flood could threaten spring planting if waters take too long to recede. (MPR Photo/Ann Arbor Miller) link to this photo

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North of Fargo, ND, USA — Floodwaters are making travel difficult in much of the Red River Valley as dozens of roads are under water, including a portion of Interstate 29 north of Fargo. Here, a lone cars heads south on I-29 on Monday, April 11, 2011. A stretch of interstate just north of this point is closed and will be for some time. (MPR Photo/Ann Arbor Miller) link to this photo