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North Dakota Town Pursuing Scaled-Down Flood Control Project

Officials in Grafton are pursuing a scaled-down project that would provide flood protection for at least some of the northeastern North Dakota city because of diminishing prospects for a larger, federally funded project. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers several …

Small Towns in Missouri Prepare as Flood Moves South

Volunteers were busy stacking sandbags in the tiny Missouri town of Dutchtown on June 3 as the rain-swollen Mississippi River threatened to send water into about a third of the town’s homes and make another nearby town an island. Heavy …