FARGO — The Fargo-Moorhead area has some of the highest mosquito counts the metro has seen in decades, which is raising concerns about West Nile virus, experts said.

Cass County Vector Control recorded large mosquito counts as it checked its traps in recent weeks, Vector Control Director Ben Prather said. The trap counts are the highest Cass County has seen since 2005, he said.

That’s likely because August brought more rain than normal, Prather said. Fargo recorded 3.31 inches of rain for the month, almost an inch more than average, according to the National Weather Service in Grand Forks. The month had several days of rainfall.

“We’ve had just one really strong shot (of precipitation),” Prather said. “In the past, we’ve had more rain consistently throughout the season, whereas this

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