Comments on: Red River Floodway

By: Kevin Batdorf

Kevin Batdorf — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 04:12:21 +0000

If you are interested, I found this very nice collection of photos relating to the Red River flooding.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/red_river_flooding.html

By: Daryl

Daryl — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:16:23 +0000

Ooops, fixing the google map link

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

By: Daryl

Daryl — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:12:55 +0000

One of the issues that causes the Red to flood in the spring is that it is one of the few major rivers in the populated south of Canada that flows north. In the spring, the snow and ice melts in North Dakota and Minnisota and starts to flow north into areas where the ice has not melted yet, causing dams backing up the river.

Another one of the interesting pieces about the Floodway is the fact that the Seine River actually flows under it. You can see it disappear on the south side of the floodway and reappear on the north side.

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seine_River_(Manitoba)

By: Ian Brown

Ian Brown — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:45:42 +0000

While north of Winnipeg, ice jams have caused serious floods weeks before the crest even arrives:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2009/03/26/red-river-flood-manitoba.html

By: Ian Brown

Ian Brown — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:43:36 +0000

The Red River is about to crest in Fargo, ND with massive efforts underway to try to prevent flooding there.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/us/26flood.html?hpw