River crest at Minot will hit record levels

It seems like this flooding thing will never end. I feel so sorry for the people who have had to pack up what they could and leave town. I hope that they will have something to come back to when it is all over with. I pray for their safety as well.

With record water levels poised to inundate the North Dakota town of Minot, the mayor and the state's governor congratulated citizens on an organized and efficient evacuation

"It's been a very orderly process," Mayor Curt Zimbelman said Wednesday of the evacuation process. Gov. Jack Dalrymple said it had "gone extremely well."

Earlier Wednesday, sirens were sounding in Minot, urging residents to abandon their homes in the face of major flooding. Water is already overtopping the city's dikes, which are leaking in some places.

There are roughly 12,000 people in the evacuation zone in and around Minot.

Zimbelman and Dalrymple warned that more water than expected is headed toward the town, and it will likely arrive sooner than expected. Zimbelman said the Souris River is expected to crest two to three days earlier than had been forecast. He also said the river is expected to rise to a level five feet higher than any previously recorded.

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