Water filling 2,500 homes in Minot as river rises

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Water filling 2,500 homes in Minot as river rises

By DAVE KOLPACK, Associated Press Dave Kolpack, Associated Press – 10 mins ago
BISMARCK, N.D. – The Souris River's full weight hit Minot on Friday, swamping an estimated 2,500 homes as it soared nearly 4 feet in less than a day and overwhelmed the city's levees. City officials said they expected as many as 4,500 homes to be severely damaged by the time the river peaks Saturday.

More than a quarter of the city's 40,000 residents evacuated earlier this week, packing any belongings they hoped to save into cars, trucks and trailers.

"The river's coming up rapidly," Mayor Curt Zimbelman said. "It's dangerous and we need to stay away."

Fed by heavy rains upstream and dam releases that have accelerated in recent days, the Souris surged past a 130-year-old record Friday and kept going. The river was more than 5 feet above major flood stage Friday afternoon and expected to crest as early as Saturday evening some 8 1/2 feet beyond major flood stage.




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1. very scary.

Is this a 100 year flood plain area? Or is it unprecedented?

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2. Global Warming -- or as Gore put it "Climate Crisis" ... rec his Rolling Stone article ...

especially page 2 and page 6 -- highly informative not only on what

we are facing, but on elite control over government and our press --

brought upon us by elected representatives willing to sell themselves

and our government!!



What would Thomas Jefferson do about all of this?

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3. Flooding submerges parts of North Dakota city -- update

Flooding submerges parts of North Dakota city

By Geoff Davidian Geoff Davidian – Sat Jun 25, 7:00 pm ET
MINOT, North Dakota (Reuters) – The swollen Souris River whose waters deluged North Dakota's fourth-largest city of Minot, was expected to crest early on Sunday, with storms threatening to complicate efforts to contain the biggest flood in area history.

Local and federal officials worked feverishly to reinforce levees, protect the city's key infrastructure and care for thousands of residents forced to flee their submerged homes.

By Saturday evening, the Souris, which flows from Canada southeast into North Dakota, was at least 3.5 feet above the 130-year-old record it shattered on Friday.

Under current conditions, the river is expected to crest by Sunday morning at 3.8 feet above that record, according to the National Weather Service.


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