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Tess Williams / Forum News Service | 5:21 pm, Apr. 10, 2019 ×
The cities of Grand Forks and East Grand Forks closed the Sorlie Bridge on DeMers Avenue on Monday. At the time of this photo Wednesday afternoon, the Red River had climbed to 45.92 feet. Lee Smalt and Cody Rogness / Click Content Studios
GRAND FORKS Views of the Red River from above show the spreading waterway reaching nearly to the Sorlie Bridge and well beyond its banks to the east and west.
The good news is that a massive storm brewing to the south is only expected to skirt the northern Red River Valley and probably won’t add much to the floodwaters, according to the National Weather Service.