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Title: Fargo divides day between church, city's salvation (AP)
Post by: riky on March 30, 2009, 03:02:06 AM
Fargo divides day between church, city's salvation
    (AP)

 


<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090329/capt.adc192b103cc4d719207e16652b18158.flooding_midwest_fargo_ndet108.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=pZsFy4D4xnX1kG0RrXSClg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Workers scramble to pull an outlet hose for a pump over a dike as a helicopter behind lowers a giant sandbag in an attempt to patch a leak at the flooded Oak Grove Lutheran school Sunday, March 29, 2009, in Fargo, N.D. The bloated Red River briefly breached a dike early Sunday, pouring water into the school campus and the mayor called it a 'wakeup call' for a city that needs to be vigilant for weaknesses in levees that could give way at any time. Crews managed to largely contain the flooding to the school campus, preventing more widespread damage in nearby areas. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090330/ap_on_re_us/midwest_flooding)AP - Weary residents of this sandbagged city came together in churches Sunday, counting their blessings that the Red River finally stopped rising and praying the levees would hold back its wrath. A brief levee break that swamped a school provided a warning of the kind of threat that still hangs over them in the days ahead.</p><br clear="all"/>


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