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Flooding is the most common, costly and deadly natural disaster in the United States each year. Because of an unusually wet and snowy winter, NOAA is anticipating particularly harsh spring floods for much of the country this year. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began flood fight emergency measures in MN and ND this week. Construction activities are ongoing in several communities on the Red River Valley to reduce the risk of flooding. Public safety is the top priority for USACE. Jay Field reports from Breckenridge, MN.

In 2009, the Corps provided nearly 12.7 million sandbags, 121 pumps, over 4,500 rolls of polyethylene, 2,900 linear feet of Portadams portable cofferdam system and 3,350 linear feet of Rapid Deployment Flood Walls and over 15 miles of HESCO temporary structures. In addition, the Corps built over 75 miles of earthen emergency levees.