Make us your homepage | Subscriptions

The Northern Valley's most up-to-date site.

print article Print     e-mail photogallery E-mail
Published July 01, 2011, 12:00 AM

GALLERY: Souris River flooding in Minot - July 1, 2011


A church near the Souris River in Minot is protected by one-story high temporary levees.

  • A church near the Souris River in Minot is protected by one-story high temporary levees.
  • Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., right, Minot Vice-Mayor Dean Frantsvog, middle, and Willie Nunn, FEMA's top official in town, left, stand on the inner railings of the Third Street bridge as they survey the flooded Souris River.
  • A view from the Third Street bridge over the Souris River looking south towards downtown. Crews tried to keep the bridge open to connect the two halves of the city, but could not.
  • Debris in the flooded Souris River is snagged by railings on a railroad bridge that's completely submerged under flood waters.
  • Federal and city officials touring Minot's temporary levees stand near the levee at the Third Street bridge over the Souris River.
  • Maj. Gen. Michael J. Price, who heads the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' St. Paul District, and is second from the right, briefs, from left to right, Minot City Engineer Lance Meyer; Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D.; Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D.; Vice Mayor Dean Frantsvog; and Willie Nunn, FEMA's top official in town. They're standing on a levee in north Minot.