FEMA housing for flood victims unveiled in Minot

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Federal officials are racing against North Dakota's impending winter to finish up to 2,400 temporary homes in Minot for residents displaced by this summer's floods.

Federal Emergency Management Agency Spokesman Dolph Diemont (DEE’-mahnt) says that the Minot temporary housing development is the third-largest in the agency's history -- but it's also been the most challenging because of the area's tough landscape.

FEMA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are placing the units throughout the city. Some residents have begun moving into one 600-unit village this week.

Federal officials say the project is expected to cost $237 million. During this summer's flooding of the Souris River, 4,000 homes were flooded and about 10,000 residents displaced.

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