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Published April 14, 2011, 12:00 AM

GALLERY: Flooding aerials


A procession of semi-trucks move slowly along I-29 south of Oslo, Minnesota on Thursday afternoon as flood water from the Red River stretches across the valley. Herald photo by Eric Hylden.

  • A procession of semi-trucks move slowly along I-29 south of Oslo, Minnesota on Thursday afternoon as flood water from the Red River stretches across the valley. Herald photo by Eric Hylden.
  • Volunteer firefighters from the Oslo Minnesota Fire Dept. help sandbag a farm south of Oslo along the flooding Red River on Thursday. Herald photo by Eric Hylden
  • At 5:22 p.m. light traffic crosses the Kennedy Bridge on U.S. Highway 2 between East Grand Forks and Grand Forks. Herald photo by Eric Hylden.
  • Farm machinery and grain bins north of Grand Forks are surrounded by flood water from the Red River on Thursday. Herald photo by Eric Hylden
  • Traffic moves across the new Drayton bridge Thursday. Herald photo by Eric Hylden
  • The Red River and the Red Lake River merge at the Point in East Grand Forks closing access to the Louis Murray bridge and the Point bridge. Herald photo by Eric Hylden
  • The Red River spills out of its banks north of Grand Forks several miles wide Thursday. Herald photo by Eric Hylden
  • Flood water is nearly reaching sandbag dikes along homes in the Burke Addition south of Grand Forks Thursday. Herald photo by Eric Hylden
  • A small boat moves north across flooded farmland near Oslo Thursday. Herald photo by Eric Hylden