The city of Minot, N.D., released a proposal on June 26 for using nearly $68 million in federal disaster recovery grant money to help recover from last summer’s devastating Souris River flooding. The grant is from the Department of Housing …
For Dan and Cindy Griffith, the stress of dealing with the Souris River flood is worse now than when the raging river forced more than 11,000 people to evacuate the city last summer. Cleaning out their flooded home, trying to …
The city council in Minot, N.D., has approved a plan that could result in the acquisition of more than 270 properties for future flood protection measures. The voluntary program calls for negotiations to begin with willing landowners, with a goal …
Minot, N.D., officials are proposing a flood diversion plan for a river that spilled its banks earlier this year and forced thousands of people to evacuate. The idea announced on Nov. 18 would divert the Souris River through channels at …
Dozens of Minot, N.D., residents returned to their waterlogged homes on July 6 for the first time since the Souris River breached its banks and inundated much of the city last month, where some cried, overwhelmed by the destruction, and …
The Souris River crested nearly 2 feet lower than expected in Minot, N.D., where city officials hoped to ride out the high water without losing more than the thousands of homes already damaged by flooding. The river had been expected …
