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Fargo Forum Alternative: 2009 Fargo Flood: Some 1,700 National Guard troops helped reinforce the dikes and conduct patrols for leaks in 2009 Fargo Flood.
Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker cautiously expressed hope that the river would stay below 44 feet _ the limit of the reinforced dikes. Walaker said there was not enough time to build the levees any higher.
Fargo escaped devastation from flooding in 1997, when Grand Forks was ravaged by a historic flood 70 miles to the north. This year, the river has been swollen by heavier-than-average winter snows, combined...