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Flood 2011 Remembered

‘We were so lucky’

Brandi Clark vividly remembers when Roosevelt Park Zoo was evacuated before the 2011 flood and the following time until the zoo reopened. Clark, who has been with the zoo since 1992, started as a zookeeper. She’s now zoo curator. She said staff had been attending Ward County Emergency ...

Mayor: Flood left imprint on Minot

The impact of the 2011 flood will be felt in Minot for many years, said Minot Mayor Shaun Sipma, who also sees progress being made in recovery. “I think we’re as far along as we could hope to be, given the substantial challenges that came along with the flood of 2011,” he said. “To ...

Programs aid Minot’s flood recovery

Several programs to assist residents in their recovery from the 2011 Souris River flood have impacted numerous individuals in the past 10 years. The following shows the impact of major programs, some of which continue to provide assistance. Minot Area Recovery Fund The fund was created to ...

Too much to contain

After several weeks of raising dikes and filling sandbags, the water of the Souris River finally became too much to contain. It overflowed barriers designed to protect the Minot Country Club, carrying muddy water into the picturesque clubhouse and inundating the course that was christened in ...

From temporary to permanent

White, boxy FEMA trailers were a fixture in the backyards of valley homes and in mobile home parks after the 2011 flood in Minot. The temporary housing units provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency were stop-gap measures for many displaced residents, who appreciated a place to stay ...