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This Day in Minnesota History

January 17, 1997

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The Red River crests at 39.5 feet, 22.5 feet above flood stage at Fargo, breaking a 100-year-old record. Continuing into Grand Forks, North Dakota, and East Grand Forks, Minnesota, on April 21 the flood pushes water levels to 54.2 feet, 26.2 feet above flood stage. The worst flooding in the area in over a century, it causes more than one billion dollars of damages and displaces 47,000 of the 50,000 residents of Grand Forks.

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