Minot North Dakota

North Dakota Flood Victims Start Moving Into Temporary Homes

AP | By JAMES MacPHERSON | Posted 12.04.2011

MINOT, N.D. -- With winter coming quickly in North Dakota, federal officials are racing to finish up to 2,400 temporary homes for Minot residents disp...

Minot Schools Open A Week Behind After City's Worst Flood

AP | By JAMES MacPHERSON | Posted 11.05.2011

MINOT, N.D. -- In his first year as superintendent of Minot's public schools, Mark Vollmer is stepping into a mess: Record flooding wrecked six of his...

Minot Flooding Creates Housing Crisis: 'A Long, Long Road Ahead'

AP | By JAMES MacPHERSON | Posted 08.30.2011

MINOT, N.D. -- Workers in North Dakota's booming oil industry and related jobs had taken up any empty space in Minot before the swollen Souris River r...

'Tremendous Recovery Effort Coming' As North Dakota Flood Retreats

AP | JOHN FLESHER | Posted 08.27.2011

MINOT, N.D. — As if losing his house to the runaway Souris River weren't bad enough, Stuart Collom has another big worry: staying employed. Min...

North Dakota Flood Shatters 130-Year-Old Record

AP | DAVE KOLPACK | Posted 08.24.2011

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...

Flood Projections Drastically Rise In North Dakota City

AP | DAVE KOLPACK | Posted 08.24.2011

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...

Thousands Struggle To Find Places To Stay As They Flee N. Dakota Flood

AP | DAVE KOLPACK | Posted 08.23.2011

MINOT, N.D. — Officials in North Dakota's fourth-largest city said Thursday they had done all they could to protect critical infrastructure from...

North Dakota City Could Be Under Water Soon

The Huffington Post | Posted 08.22.2011

Residents still remaining in Minot, North Dakota rushed to pack up their belongings and leave town Wednesday as sirens wailed throughout the city, a w...

Sirens Wail As River Tops Levees In North Dakota City

AP | DAVE KOLPACK | Posted 08.22.2011

MINOT, N.D. — Plastic sheeting hung over the apartment building like a shroud, stretching from the eaves to the ground. Across it, someone had s...