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Published June 23, 2011, 12:00 AM

GALLERY: Souris River flooding in Minot - June 23, 2011

Photos by Herald staff photographer Christian Randolph


A home is nearly completely submerged by flood waters from the Souris river in Minot, ND on June 23, 2011. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)

  • A home is nearly completely submerged by flood waters from the Souris river in Minot, ND on June 23, 2011. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • A neighborhood is submerged by flood waters from the Souris river in Minot, ND on June 23, 2011. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • Southbound traffic is backed up on the Highway 83 bypass on the west side of Minot, N.D., for miles from residents attempting to flee neighborhoods submerged by flood waters from the Souris river on June 23, 2011. It is the only remaining north/south route after city officials were forced to close Broadway. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • A truck drives back into town with a payload of dirt for levee construction along a flooded highway in Minot, ND on June 23, 2011. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • Flood waters begin to pour over a breached levee and flood the Minot (N.D.) Country Club on June 23, 2011. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • High flood waters from the Souris river run over a bridge in Minot, ND on June 23, 2011. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • The Souris river begins to pour into a neighborhood after after levees could no longer hold back flood waters in Minot, ND on June 23, 2011. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • Burlington Mayor Jerome Gruenberg speaks with emergency officials about the status of the fooding in Burlington, ND on June 23, 2011. After being informed that the Souris river was likely flowing too fast for the dike under construction to hold, Gruendberg ordered a mandatory evacuation of all Burlington residents by noon tomorrow. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • Burlington residents make sandbags at City Hall with the help of an active duty Air Force squadron in Burlington, ND on June 23, 2011. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • A neighborhood is submerged by flood waters from the Souris River in Minot on June 23, 2011. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • A neighborhood is submerged by flood water from the Souris river in Minot, ND on June 23, 2011. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • A road is swallowed by flood waters from the Souris river in Minot, ND on June 23, 2011. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • Sandbags are unloaded from the bed of a truck for residents to fortify their houses before being evacuated in Minot, ND on June 23, 2011. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • Emergency workers rush to complete a second levee after the first was breached by the Souris river in Burlington, ND on June 23, 2011. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)
  • A neighborhood is submerged by flood water from the Souris river in Minot, ND on June 23, 2011. (CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH/Grand Forks Herald)