Published June 03, 2011, 12:00 AM


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Motorists are stuck at this flooded intersection in northwest Minot, North Dakota Tuesday morning. The mayor in Minot on Tuesday ordered the evacuation of about a quarter of the city's residents living near the fast-rising Souris River. The rising Souris River forced the evacuation of some 10,000 residents of the city.

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