Editing Fridley, Minnesota (section)

====1965 flood and tornadoes====
Two of Fridley's worst disasters happened within weeks of each other. In April 1965, Minnesota was affected by a "500-year flood". The spring flood on the Upper Mississippi is still the flood of record for from about 100 miles north of Minneapolis to Hannibal, Missouri. The crests that April exceeded previous records by several feet at many river gauge sites. Those crests still exceed the second-highest crest by a foot or more at many of those sites.<ref>Boyne, Jeff - [https://www.weather.gov/arx/flood1965 1965 Mississippi River Flood] United States National Weather Service (La Crosse Bureau) {{PD-notice}}</ref> An ice jam rising 24 feet over the river broke up when it rammed a series of ice breakers above the Sartell Dam.<ref>Marc Hequet - [https://www.bigrivermagazine.com/br.story.c.htmlThe Mississippi Flood of 1965 —Part 1]{{Dead link|date=January 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Big River Magazine, March 1994</ref> The Riverview Heights area where Springbrook creek enters the river was severely flooded.
[[File:Fridley City Hall July 2017-2.jpg|thumb|Former Fridley City Hall and Fire Station Number 1 in July 2017]][[File:Fridley City Hall July 2017.jpg|thumb|Former Fridley City hall in July 2017]]
On May 6, 1965, Fridley was hit by two F4 [[tornado]]es.<ref>Curt Brown - [http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-tornado-outbreak-still-vivid-50-years-later/302311331/ Minnesota tornado outbreak still vivid, 50 years later]. Star Tribune, May 6, 2015</ref> One of every four homes in the city was destroyed or damaged. The second twister to hit was the [[Early May 1965 tornado outbreak|deadliest storm in Twin Cities history]], killing 13 people.<ref>[http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mpx/HistoricalEvents/1965May06/index.php Summary of May 6, 1965 Tornado Outbreak - NWS Twin Cities]</ref> Parts of City Hall and the fire station were damaged.<ref name="2016factsheet" />