Climate Changed
‘Recipe for Flooding' Threatens Wheat Along the Red River
- As heavy snows melt, water could overflow in U.S., Canada
- Forecaster worries late March storm could sink Midwest farms
Cars sit in floodwater from the Pecatonica River in Freeport, Illinois on March 18, 2019.
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As the Midwest recovers from record flooding, cities and towns along the Red River in Minnesota, North Dakota and Canada are preparing for a deluge of their own as the heavy snows of winter start to melt.
Fargo, North Dakota, has declared an emergency and ordered up 1 million sandbags, calling on residents to volunteer to fill the sacks that will be used to make temporary walls to hold back the river. In Canada, Manitoba has been predicting the Red would flood for weeks. Wheat prices jumped amid threats to grain shipments.