Significant flooding in the Red River Valley and Devils Lake Basin still presents a threat due to prevailing weather conditions. Federal, state and local agencies are responding as flooding conditions continue to worsen.
Today's operations resulted in 17 rescues (see news video):
- 20' airboat rescued 2 adults at Heritage Hills, Oxbow.
- 18' airboat rescued 1 male from a tree in the vicinity of Oxbow.
- 18' airboat rescued 2 adults from Butcher's Block, Oxbow.
- 20' airboat rescued 4 people in the vicinity of Oxbow.
- 18' airboat rescued 2 adults in the vicinity of Oxbow.
- CG-6575 (AIRSTA Traverse City) rescued 5 adults and 1 child (14 mos) that were stranded on the rooftop of their home in Abercrombie.
Photo Caption: Two members from the Valley Park Emergency Medical Services unit help an elderly resident from Oxbow, N.D. rescued from her flooded home by a Coast Guard Station Marblehead airboat crew along the Red River in Oxbow here, Wednesday, March 25, 2009. Coast Guard Sector Upper Mississippi River commenced a multi-agency rescue effort with the assistance of units from the Ninth Coast Guard District for the communities of Grand Forks, Fargo and Bismarck, N.D. on the Red River with airboat, HH-65C rescue helicopters and the Disaster Area Response Team. (U.S. Coast Guard /Photo by Petty Officer Bill Colclough).
Coast Guard Forces Deployed:
2 DARTS (Disaster Assistance Response Teams, each equipped with 3 flood punts)
4 Airboats and crews
2 HH-65s
Liaisons assigned to State and FEMA Op Centers
Coast Guard Forces on Standby:
4 DARTS
3 Airboats
2 HH-65s
Coast Guard units are responding from St. Paul, Minn., St. Louis, Mo., Air Station New Orleans, Air Station Traverse City, Sault Sainte Marie, Mich., St. Claire Shores, Mich., Marblehead, Ohio, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
