Breach Sends Water Onto School Campus in Fargo
By NATE JENKINS and JIM SUHR, Associated Press Writers – 31 mins ago
FARGO, N.D. – The slowly receding Red River breached a dike on the city's north side early Sunday, sending water flowing into buildings at a school campus before it could be contained, city and school officials said.
The extent of the damage at Oak Grove Lutheran School wasn't immediately known. The surrounding neighborhood was not evacuated, but residents in some areas were told to plug their sewers and monitor basements.
Principal Morgan Forness said city officials, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the National Guard unsuccessfully tried to contain the water to one building after a permanent flood wall panel at the school buckled around 1:30 a.m.
"They made a gallant effort ... but the power of the river is just too much," he told KFGO radio. "They gave it everything they had, and it just — we couldn't contain it. It came center of campus, and now, it's inundating all of the buildings."
The city said the flooding was caused by erosion and began when water came up through the floor of one building and infiltrated the rest of campus.
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