Soldiers, inmates help with flood fight
National Guard soldiers and state prison inmates are helping with the flood fight in northeastern South Dakota’s Brown County. The soldiers and a crew of 50 inmates from Sioux Falls were helping with sandbagging Wednesday in the Aberdeen area, where some homes are threatened by flooding. Students and staff from Trinity Bible College in nearby Ellendale, N.D., provided help Tuesday.
ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — National Guard soldiers and state prison inmates are helping with the flood fight in northeastern South Dakota’s Brown County.
The soldiers and a crew of 50 inmates from Sioux Falls were helping with sandbagging Wednesday in the Aberdeen area, where some homes are threatened by flooding. Students and staff from Trinity Bible College in nearby Ellendale, N.D., provided help Tuesday.
County Emergency Management Director Scott Meints said local officials can no longer handle the floodwaters alone. An emergency operations center was opened Wednesday.
The National Weather Service said flood warnings remained in effect Wednesday for parts of Brown County and for other areas in northeast South Dakota.
Winds on Friday are expected to gust up to 36 mph. That could cause wave action that could threaten area dikes.
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