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Published June 22, 2011, 12:00 AM

GALLERY: Souris River flooding in Minot - June 22, 2011

Photos by Herald staff photographer Christian Randolph


Businesses in Minot also face flooding and spent the week sandbagging and emptying out merchandise. (Teri Finneman / Forum Communications Co.)

  • Businesses in Minot also face flooding and spent the week sandbagging and emptying out merchandise. (Teri Finneman / Forum Communications Co.)
  • Workers construct a dike outside Minot City Hall and the public library early Wednesday afternoon as the city prepares for flooding. (Teri Finneman / Forum Communications Co.)
  • The Souris River nears homes in northeast Minot. Sirens went off at about 1 p.m. Wednesday, warning residents to evacuate immediately. (Teri Finneman / Forum Communications Co.)
  • Nicolette Coleman, 23, and friend, Claudia Huerta, 19, settle into life at the shelter at the Minot Auditorium after evacuating their home Tuesday night. Huerta moved to Minot from California earlier this month and now finds herself among the city's homeless as Minot braces for flooding. (Teri Finneman / Forum Communications Co.)
  • Neighborhoods in northeast Minot were mostly deserted Wednesday afternoon, though a few loads of belongings were still making their way out. (Teri Finneman / Forum Communications Co.)
  • Water begins trickling into the streets of Minot as the Souris River overflows. (Teri Finneman / Forum Communications Co.)
  • (Teri Finneman / Forum Communications Co.)
  • (Teri Finneman / Forum Communications Co.)
  • Just after 2 p.m., Minot evacuees begin filling a temporary disaster relief shelter at the Municipal Auditorium. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • Minot residents watch the Souris River from the Broadway bridge in downtown Minot. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • Floodwaters from the Souris River begin to rise in a trailer community in Minot. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • Floodwater begins to rise.(CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • Properties and roads along the Souris River are submerged by floodwaters. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • A flooded property along the Souris River just outside of Minot. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • A road and surrounding area are completely submerged by flood waters from the Souris River on the outskirts of Minot. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • Flooding from the Souris River sweeps across the landscape on the outskirts of Minot. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • Minot Mayor Curt Zimbelman surveys the early damage from rising flood waters from the Souris River that runs through the city of Minot onboard a Blackhawk helicopter.(CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • Floodwaters from the Souris River begin to flood a Minot neighborhood. Flooding in the neighborhoods is being caused by collected rain water that cannot drain through the inundated storm drains as well as excess river water traveling through and pouring from the backed up drainage systems. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • From right, Grayson Evenson, Vickie Gilliham, Brett Guenthner, Gennevieve Hicks and Jean Shulze watch live helicopter flyover showing the overflowing Souris river at a crisis shelter in Minot, ND on June 22, 2011. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • Temporarily transformed into a crisis relief shelter, the Muncipal Auditorium in downtown Minot, ND has become home for dozens of families evacuated from their homes on June 22, 2011. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • Frank Hughes, right, and Cheyenne Johnson pass the time in the temporary disaster relief shelter set up at the Municipal Auditorium in Minot, N.D., on June 22, 2011. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • A dike to protect from floodwaters from the Souris River nears completion down the street from City Hall in Minot, N.D., on June 22, 2011. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)