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Published June 21, 2011, 12:00 AM

GALLERY: Souris River flooding in Minot - June 21, 2011

Photos by Herald staff photographer Christian Randolph


Marshal Platz, left, and Chad Love help relatives move furniture out of their Minot home on Tuesday. Owner Jessica Love, 26, said they're planning to move everything to higher ground. (Teri Finneman / Forum Communications Co.)

  • Marshal Platz, left, and Chad Love help relatives move furniture out of their Minot home on Tuesday. Owner Jessica Love, 26, said they're planning to move everything to higher ground. (Teri Finneman / Forum Communications Co.)
  • Tina Collom, 82, stands outside her Minot home on Seventh Street Northwest shortly before evacuating Tuesday. Her home flooded in the 1969 flood and now faces flooding again. "We won't have nothing to come back to this time," she said. (Teri Finneman / Forum Communications Co.)
  • Obed Rodriguez, right, and Tom Drouin prepare to evacuate the Rodriguez home in Minot on Tuesday. Rodriguez kept a sense of humor about the second round of evacuation. "We have plenty of practice now," he said. (Teri Finneman / Forum Communications Co.)
  • The rising Souris River in Minot means a second round of evacuations for the city. Pickups, semis and trailers filled residential streets as residents again moved out their belongings to escape the flood. (Teri Finneman / Forum Communications Co.)
  • More than 11,000 Minot and Ward County residents must evacuate by today to escape the rising Souris River. (Teri Finneman / Forum Communications Co.)
  • A dog runs along the bank of the rising Souris River in Minot on Tuesday. Residents near the river spent the day filling pickups, semis and trailers with their belongings to escape flooding. (Teri Finneman / Forum Communications Co.)