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Levee breach in Sawyer, ND; mandatory evacuation

  • Date: Jun 25 2011 Time: 11:25
  • 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.