UPDATE: Water filling 2,500 homes in Minot, N.D., as river rises

Friday, June 24, 2011 | 5:42 p.m. CDT; updated 3:40 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 19, 2011

MINOT, N.D. — The Souris River's full weight hit Minot on Friday, swamping an estimated 2,500 homes as it soared nearly 4 feet in less than a day and overwhelmed the city's levees. City officials said they expected more than 4,000 homes to be flooded by day's end.

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