Land use by Al Abdul

 

                                                                   Red River Catastrophe

  This week I took us to North Dakota. Just up north about 15 hours away from Missouri, North Dakota has a famous river know as the famous “Red River”. The water recorded a high 43 feet which is high enough to basically be classified a major flooding.

  The River flows north up to Canada’s lake, and later on Hudson valley. The River also flows over extremely flat terrain that used to be a glacier. Lake Agassiz. This is a big problem. This could lead to tons of people around the area losing there homes with months and months of flooding. 

   The flooding usually happens in the worst time for floods to happen. The cold fall / winter. Which could lead to a bunch of uncomfortable and bad situations for civilians. The water is cold and has tons of trash and debris in the water as well. Picture ice cold water in your home by your waist level.

The cause of this atrocious flooding is even in the winter , there a high temperatures of heat causing ice and glaciers coming from Canada all the way down to the North Dakota , Minnesota area. The flooding could last till middle spring and even early summer making it hard for kids and parents live there daily lives. the flooding usually happens from early fall or early winter, it has gotten worse over the years.