Report: Fargo Should Expect 1 of its Worst Floods

March 22, 2013Email ThisPrintNewslettersTweetArticleComments

Residents along the Red River in Fargo, N.D., and neighboring Moorhead, Minn., should prepare for one of the top five floods in their history, the National Weather Service said.

Its latest flood outlook included a 50 percent chance that the river would top 38 feet later this spring. That would surpass the fifth-highest crest of 37.34 feet in 1969. Flood stage is 18 feet.

The weather service said the chances of a top five flood had increased with near-record cold temperatures that have delayed the snowmelt. Now, the melt cycle isn’t expected to begin until the first week of April. The chances of a big rain also increase around that time, officials said.

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SoCal Fire is Reminder Worst Could be Ahead

September 25, 2012Email ThisPrintNewslettersTweetArticleComments

A 4-square-mile wildfire in a rural San Diego County community has destroyed roughly a dozen homes and has left one man dead, a sober reminder the state has a large number of high risk homes and that Southern California’s peak wildfire season is almost here.

The Shockey Fire had forced the community of Tierra del Sol to remain under evacuation orders, with a total of about 80 homes evacuated at the fire’s height. Those evacuations ended Tuesday afternoon.

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