ND Guard assists in flood fight

The North Dakota National Guard is assisting local flood mitigation efforts by placing one-ton sandbags by helicopter near White Earth (ND) east of Tioga. At the request of the Mountrail County emergency manager the Guard diverted one UH60 Black Hawk from a scheduled training mission to assist in the mitigation effort.
North Dakota National Guard Adjutant General Major Al Dohrmann says in addition to assisting one of our communities the mission provides excellent training for our operations personnel commanding and controlling aircraft in multiple locations.
The one-ton sandbags are designed to block an interior drainage culvert, preventing further inundation of the town of White Earth.
One-ton sandbags in emergency response was last used on May 3, 2022, when Gov. Doug Burgum authorized the N.D. National Guard to assist in stabilization efforts at a dam site at the request of the Pembina County emergency manager.

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