City Spring Flood Outlook

After a very wet fall and a snowy winter there are concerns across the Red River Valley about the flood potential for this coming spring. While there is always a chance of an extreme weather event, such as what occurred in Roseau in September of last year, or frozen or plugged storm water outlets causing localized flooding; the chances of river flooding in the City of Roseau is extremely low due to the East Diversion Flood Control Project

The operation of the East Diversion requires no city intervention as water automatically begins to flow into the diversion at a river elevation of approximat...