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• Thousands of homes flooded in N. Dakota
  on Jun 25, 2011 in News
  Floodwaters gushed Friday into Minot, North Dakota, inundating thousands of residences and businesses, with water reaching mailboxes in some places, officials said. The Souris River surpassed the all-time high of 1,558 feet set in 1881, according to...
• Dozens of homes evacuated as fire rages in Oklahoma
  on Jun 25, 2011 in News
  A wildfire burns in McLoud, Oklahoma, on Friday. Officials say more than 10 fires are burning across the state. A wildfire forced the evacuation of 70 to 80 homes in central Oklahoma on Friday, emergency officials said. The homes are northeast of Okl...
• More Storms, Heavy Rain to Blitz the Northern Plains
  on Jun 24, 2011 in News Weather kansas city weather weather weather us weather2011
  Rounds of heavy rain and clusters of severe thunderstorms will continue to plague the northern and central Plains this weekend. The latest round of nasty weather will focus over the Dakotas southeastward to part of Missouri and Illinois this weekend.
• Flooding Continues in Minot, N.D.
  on Jun 24, 2011 in News Weather
  June 24 update The river rose another foot since Thursday morning, putting the water just a foot away from the record set in 1881. The water levels of the Souris River upstream from Minot at Sherwood have stayed steady since Thursday. June 23, 2011 P...
• Special report: Japan’s “throwaway” nuclear workers
  on Jun 24, 2011 in News
  A decade and a half before it blew apart in a hydrogen blast that punctuated the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl, the No. 3 reactor at the Fukushima nuclear power plant was the scene of an earlier safety crisis. Then, as now, a small army of t...
• Flood swamps low-lying areas of Minot, North Dakota
  on Jun 24, 2011 in News
  Floodwaters swamped lower-lying areas of Minot, North Dakota, on Friday and eclipsed a 130-year-old flooding record as federal officials sharply increased water releases to the swollen Souris River. With thousands of homes in the path of the flood, d...
• Tornado damage at Churchill Downs
  on Jun 24, 2011 in Fotos
  Churchill Downs’ employees work to clean up parts of horse barns that were damaged by a tornado that struck the the historic race track in Louisville, Kentucky Churchill Downs’ employees work to clean up parts of horse barns that were dam...
• North Dakota river to surpass record levels
  on Jun 24, 2011 in News Weather
  The summer flooding in Minot, North Dakota, will enter record territory Friday morning as the Souris River surges toward a peak, days ahead of original forecasts by the National Weather Service. The river, which stood 1,556 feet above sea level early...
• Lightning Safety Awareness Week Recap
  on Jun 24, 2011 in News Weather
  To round out Lightning Safety Awareness Week, let’s recap what’s been covered so far. Today we take a look back at all we have learned. Day One – When Lightning Strikes: A Personal Account We started off with a story about a young m...
• Minot, North Dakota flood to crest higher
  on Jun 24, 2011 in News
  MINOT, North Dakota (Reuters) – Federal officials sharply increased plans to release more water on the swollen Souris River Thursday, adding up to three feet to the expected peak of flooding at Minot, North Dakota, where thousands of homes alre...

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