Red River rises into ‘uncharted territory’
Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Wheeler radios his helicopter crew during a search and rescue mission in Fargo. The Coast Guard and state and local agencies are coordinating rescue efforts in flood-prone communities in Fargo, Oxbow and Bismarck. (Brandon Blackwell / AFP/Getty Images)
Volunteers help a homeowner set up a pump to remove flood seepage from the patio area of his home in Moorhead, Minn. The Red River is is less than 3 feet from the top of the sandbagged levee surrounding the patio. The cities of Moorhead and Fargo, N.D., across the river, are shoring up levees before the river reaches an anticipated record crest of 42 to 43 feet. (Scott Olson / Getty Images)
Barbara and Charles Mathees pack up their belongings after the city called for a mandatory evacuation of their Moorhead, Minn., neighborhood. (Scott Olson / Getty Images)
Elsie, one of two dogs belonging to the Stensgard family, stands on a dike surrounding her home, not pictured, which overlooks a flooded outbuilding, as the Red River continues to rise in Fargo, N.D. (Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press)
Jack Lubka, front, and Michael Stensgard bring in a load of sandbags to the Stensgard home as the Red River continues to rise. (Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press)
A pickup plows through a flooded street in Bismarck, N.D. Some south Bismarck residents who live near the
Workers from the RDO Equipment company help build a sandbag levee in the Harwood Groves neighborhood along the Red River in Fargo,
Kevin Hard rides in a trailer loaded with sandbags destined for residents living along the flooded Schnell Drive in Oxbow,
Rescue workers evacuate residents from a home along the Red River in Oxbow,
North Dakota National Guardsmen relay sandbags down the line to help shore up a dike along the rising Red River in Fargo. (Jim Mone / Associated Press)
Paul Shereck of Valley Water Rescue braves the icy waters of the rising Red River as he goes door to door trying to get people to evacuate their homes in Hickson, N.D. (Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press)
