A sudden spring warm-up is eviscerating the snowpack across parts of the Upper Midwest and northern Plains, leading to widespread river flooding in portions of the Dakotas and Minnesota
The flooding is worst in eastern North Dakota and western Minnesota along the Red River and Interstate 29 corridor. In Mapleton, N.D., just west of Fargo, the Maple River is causing what the National Weather Service describes as major flooding.that serious flooding could occur “until further notice.” Twenty-seven river gauges across the northern Plains were reporting major flooding.
Large expanses of agricultural land have been covered in water, a number of rural communities have been inundated, and travel on country roads has been inhibited. The phenomenon is called “overland flooding.”“We’ve had different impacts of things needing to get repaired, but county officials can’t necessarily access the sites yet,” Beerends said.
Temperatures this winter largely ran below average across the northern Plains, allowing a hefty snowpack to remain into mid-April. Since October, readings have been about 5.2 degrees below average in Bismarck, N.D.; 3.9 degrees below average in Aberdeen, S.D.; and 2.9 degrees below typical in Grand Forks, N.D.Snowfall at the three sites, meanwhile, was well above average. Aberdeen had its seventh-snowiest cold season on record, with 73.9 inches falling since Oct.
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