ajor flooding swamped the Red River on April 13, 2006, and the National Weather Service issued flood warnings for most communities that lined either side of the river. As the floods swept north into Canada, Winnipeg was bracing for the inundation, expected to peak around April 20.
Published Apr 14, 2006
Acquired April 6, 2011, March 18, 2011, and March 7, 2011, these false-color images show melting snow and rising water levels in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota.
Published Apr 11, 2011
The Advanced Land Imager on NASA's Earth Observing-1 satellite captured these natural-color views of snow cover, melting, and developing floods around Fargo, N.D., and Moorhead, Minn. in spring 2011.
Published Apr 9, 2011
Geography and a prolonged period of wet weather have made flooding common on this river in the Northern Plains.
Published Apr 21, 2020Image of the Day Land Water Floods Human Presence Remote Sensing
A second round of spring flooding on the Red River was captured in an astronaut photo from April 9, 2009.
Published Apr 27, 2009
Acquired April 14, 2011, and March 18, 2011, these false-color images show conditions along the Red River in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Manitoba.
Published Apr 18, 2011
This photo-like image shows extensive flooding on the Red River near Fargo, North Dakota, on March 28, 2009 as the river reached a record high of 40.82 feet.
Published Mar 30, 2009
