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Levee breach in Sawyer, ND; mandatory evacuation
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Date:
Jun 25 2011 Time:
11:25
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Description:
Source: KFGO radio, Fargo ND; National Weather Service Bismarck
Big problems in Sawyer, North Dakota Saturday morning. There's been a levee breach and sirens sounded about 5:45 a.m. A mandatory evacuation was issued at 11:24 a.m.
SAWYER, N.D. - The Mayor of Sawyer, North Dakota, downstream
on the Souris River from Minot says contractors and National
Guard soldiers are working feverishly to build a secondary
dike behind a levee that was overtopped about daybreak today.
ref(s):
http://www.kfgo.com/fm-headline-news.php?ID=0000004584
Civil Emergency Message, National Weather Service.