LAKE OF THE WOODS, MN (trfnews.i234.me) An update on flooding on Lake of the Woods, Minnesota.
as we showed you last weekend the high winds were exacerbating the flooding problems on the south shore of lake of the woods and things are not getting any better uh this now from our news partner the northern light region newspaper in baudette sunday june 26 illustrated the devastating combination of lake of the woods near record high water levels and strong winds as homes and businesses throughout the county were pummeled with waves the grayson beach area was especially hard hit as was the boston creek area the williams and baudette fire departments responded to calls to help homeowners in the grayson beach area to protect their homes with sandbags and secure propane tanks that were at risk of being swept into the lake on the northwest angle residents are struggling to keep boat accesses open so that supplies can be delivered to the islands the lake of the woods county board met tuesday morning to discuss the situation volunteers are needed to help fill sandbags at the county’s highway shop location in baudette on wednesday today june 29th and thursday june 30th from 4 to 8 pm the board discussed incentivizing local groups for helping to fill sandbags but details of that program are not available yet hundreds of photos of the flooding in the area from sunday are available to view at the northern light regions website that’s nlregion.com click on flood 2022 gallery the lake level continues to rise and stood at 1063.3 feet which is just shy of the all-time record of 1060 feet set in 1950 high winds such as witness sunday can cause the lake to rise up to two feet and is considered the biggest risk to homes businesses and property i’m Neil Berg reporting for page onepublications.com
New Development: Flooding in Lake Of The Woods
Where is all this water coming from. This doesn't make sense. Maybe do a story on that. Dryest June in years yet flooding!
Stop VOTING DEMocRAT. DEMonRAT = DEMocRAT. Voting DEMonRAT will bring JUDGEMENT from JEHOVAH GOD.
🥺🙏❣️
Note: this page will be updated periodically until the major flood risk subsides in Minnesota.
Parts of Minnesota hardest-hit by the major drought of 2021 became extremely wet during the 2022 spring, leading to high stream and lake levels in northern parts of the state, where some areas have experienced historic flooding.
Frequent late-winter snowstorms gave way to frequent rains, and then to bouts of heavy thunderstorms during May. Through June 19, year-to-date precipitation at International Falls was 18.53 inches, which is almost two times times greater than the 1991-2020 normal year-to-date precipitation of 9.47 inches, and 11% wetter than the next-wettest year on record (2014, which had 16.69 inches through June 19). Of Minnesota's other primary "first-order" stations, all but the Twin Cities have above-normal precipitation so far for the year.
Across Minnesota, only small pockets of southern, western, and central Minnesota have seen below-normal precipitation for the year so far, with near-normal precipitation accounting for a slightly larger area around it. The other approximately 75% of the state has been wet to extremely wet, with the wettest conditions beginning in middle-late March and continuing into May, and concentrated along Minnesota's northwestern, northern, and northeastern edges. The Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center, high in the hills above Lake Superior, had the most precipitation in the state through June 19, with 21.64 inches, followed by Goodridge, with 20.01 inches, and Grand Portage, with 19.94 inches. In northwestern and northern Minnesota, precipitation to date has been two to as much as five times greater than through this time in 2021.
These wet conditions have led to high water and flooding throughout central and northern Minnesota, with major and historic flood conditions in far northern Minnesota, along and near the Rainy River. Additional high flows have occurred on the east side of the Laurentian Divide, with streams like the Pigeon River, which flow into Lake Superior, breaking longstanding records. With over 100 years of data, the Pigeon River set its all-time flow record. Major flooding has also affected the Red River on the Minnesota/North Dakota border, though this flooding has not been as historically significant as the floods in far northern and northeastern Minnesota.
Tree houses
Move up ,cant protect whats down