Large sheets of ice jam the swollen Missouri River ....

The Red River carries snow and ice as it rises and floods A home, Wednesday, March 25, 2009 in Hickson, N.D.

Snow falls as North Dakota National Guardsman Ryan Dohman, left, reaches for a thrown sandbag as Jonathan Berry, rights, waits to relay it down the line as soldiers helped shore up a dike along the rising Red River behind the Shriners Center Wednesday, March 25, 2009 in Fargo, N.D

Gov. John Hoeven, center, and members of the North Dakota Air National Guard face a ground blizzard as a helicopter takes off from the staging area south of Bismarck, N.D where explosive experts were attempting to open a frozen section of the Missouri River on Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Large sheets of ice jam the swollen Missouri River north of Bismarck, N.D. on Wednesday March 25, 2009. Extensive flooding in low lying areas is forcing residents in communities close to the river to evacuate.

Air National Guard helicopters lands demolition crews on the Missouri River, near Bismarck, N.D. Wednesday March 25, 2009. Demolition crews blasted chunks of ice near a huge ice jam in the Missouri River on Wednesday in a bid to open a channel, like pulling out a giant plug to drain a flood threatening the city.