The South Red River Township Hall near Robbin, Minn., is an island unto itself. Leading Seaman Ken Lugg lends a hand in Grande Pointe, Man. Minn. Farm buildings and rail cars stand surrounded by floodwaters. A home in Grand Forks, N.D., remains under floodwaters from the Red River. A military officer in a dinghy approaches submerged border crossing sign.
Volunteers frantically add last minute sandbags outside a lonely house.
Pockets of trees mark where the Red River's banks should normally be. Jean Chretien tours the flooded area around Saint Adolphe Manitoba. A Grand Forks firefighter walks through the flooded streets of the city. Workers patroling downtown Grand Forks, North Dakota take their boat past a partially submerged bridge Only a few homes in Grand Forks, North Dakota, remain dry. A road sign leading welcoming visitors to East Grand Forks, Minnesota is swamped by water.