( CNN ) -- The swollen Red River that forms the border between Minnesota and North Dakota crested near 40 feet in Fargo , North Dakota , a spokesman for the City of Fargo Fire Department said Sunday . The river is expected to remain swollen for the next few days , said spokesman Jesse Schmidt . Rain forecast for Sunday had raised flooding fears along the Red River , where recreational boating was barred in several counties . But the worst of the predictions seems not to have materialized . The area could get up to half an inch of rain Sunday , Schmidt said . The region usually has seasonal flooding after warm weather and rain melts snow in early spring . Officials in Moorhead , Minnesota , across the border from Fargo , also were coping with the flooding , a repeat from 2010 and 2009 . The Red River crested at nearly 41 feet in 2009 . Sen. Amy Klobuchar , D-Minnesota , talked Saturday about improved levees and preparations . Still , she said , three people have died in Minnesota because of the flooding . `` This is a ferocious river , '' Klobuchar said . `` We have to continue to be careful . '' Other Minnesota officials talked about the need for more flood mitigation . The U.S. Coast Guard said one of its crews rescued rescued five people along the Red River Saturday -- one resident and four responders . In Cass County , north of Fargo , residents placed sandbags along flooded streams and roads and used all-terrain vehicles to reach their homes .
2009 flooding has hit communities in upper the Red River . five people have died in North Dakota . CNN says it rescued five people .