Reuters (excerpts):  Minot, North Dakota - Flood waters 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, dispatched residents settled in for their second mandatory evacuations since just after Memorial Day with the prospect of potentially months in temporary housing.  Up to a quarter of the 41,000 residents...
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