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Phil Picardi and Bob Collins

Telling the human stories behind the Red River flood

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Kayla Carlson, a junior at West Fargo High School, works a sandbag line Fargo's Woodcrest neighborhood on Thursday, April 7, 2011. More than 1,500 students from Fargo and West Fargo schools help sandbag Thursday.
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The Red River is expected to crest at 39 to 40 feet in Fargo - Moorhead on Sunday. Residents there are cautiously optimistic that the work they've done to hold back the flood waters will protect their property.

MPR's Phil Picardi spoke with Bob Collins, author of the NewsCut blog, who's gotten to know some of the people who live along the river. He spoke from Moorhead, Minnesota.

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Kayla Carlson, a junior at West Fargo High School, works a sandbag line Fargo's Woodcrest neighborhood on Thursday, April 7, 2011. More than 1,500 students from Fargo and West Fargo schools help sandbag Thursday.
MPR Photo/Ann Arbor Miller