DATE: Tuesday, April 22, 1997               TAG: 9704220231

SECTION: FRONT                   PAGE: A4   EDITION: FINAL 

TYPE: FOCUS

SOURCE: FROM WIRE REPORTS

DATELINE: GRAND FORKS, N.D.                 LENGTH:   16 lines

NOT EVEN SCIENCE COULD WARN THEMAS A SWOLLEN NORTH DAKOTA RIVER KEPT RISING IN DEFIANCE OF FORECASTS, EXPERTSSTOPPED MAKING PREDICTIONS. THEY SAY NOT EVEN THE MOST SOPHISTICATED EQUIPMENT COULD HAVE PREDICTED THE RIVER'S PATH AND PLUNDER.

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