across north and west texas. bracing for what could have been one of the biggest outbreaks of wildfires in state history. the texas forest service now says fifth verse gotten the upper hand finally. six new fires that started today were quickly brought under control. and that is north of the texas border. that s in oklahoma today. the governor extended a state of emergency for seven counties to help battle wildfires. a prolonged drought isn t helping, and fire fighters on the ground and in the air battle hot spots for this enormous grass fire near the town of cleveland. more than 350 people were forced to flee the area. so far, there have been no reports of injuries. and folks in fargo, north dakota, are breathing a little easier tonight. that s because so far those dikes and sandbags holding back the bloated red river have worked. the river crested at near 40 feet earlier today.
and, you know, we re going to be dealing with a lot of the issues for a long time this year. it s going up an inch a day. at some point we got to reach i mean how full can this lake get, you know. thousands of residents could be forced from their homes if the sand bags and dikes don t hurt. dutch police identified the gunman and i deadly rampage in the netherlands. he was a 24-year-old dutch national who left a farewell note behind claiming he left explosives around the town. a new glimpse of libyan leader moammar gadhafi. state television aired these pictures of his visit to a school in tripoli today. mean time the fighting today raised in ajidabiya, the last
rainfall goes. we are seeing it across the dakotas, and the red river of the north actually flows to the north into winnipeg lake. the river has already crested in fargo. it s about the fourth highest crest i ve seen. the other two highest, 1997 and 2009. the rainfall they re expecting across this region is about a quarter of an inch, maybe. that would be a maximum amount we re cieseeing across this reg. but remember, whatever fargo has seen, grand forks is going to see down the line. so they haven t seen theirs crest just yet, but they are under a flood warning. the river is going to continue to rise. they will see showers but could see 30-mile-per-hour wind gusts, and i know people walk along the dike. i know that s how some people get their exercise. this is not the time to do it because the water is going to be splashed up along those dikes
emergency levees in where the city has not put protection in. we fill the gaps in at the last minute to help them hold the river back. all right. that s a great way to describe it. the community coming together to hold the river back. thank you so much, colonel price. we really appreciate your joining us. right now we are going to be bringing in our meteorologist, karen maginnis. karen, they seem to be successful. flooding is at bay. but still a threat. yes. a couple of things. you heard the colonel say the people around fargo, moorhead, every year they do something to combat the river. that s because they get a lot of snowfall. and there are ice jams, the snow melts, and then you get rain on top of that. we re seeing some rain. but don t let this aspect of this weather system worry you terribly much. it s not going to be a very heavy downpour. but the wind is going to be a problem. as that wind forces that water up against the dikes, if you walk the dikes, we know that there are