Burgum meets with Northeastern state leaders on flooding

Photo by: Governor Doug Burgum - Facebook
Photo by: Governor Doug Burgum - Facebook

(Cavalier, ND) -- Governor Doug Burgum has now met with northeastern North Dakota leaders about flooding.

Burgum met with leaders at the Cavalier American Legion Monday to discuss the impact of ongoing flood and the response in the Tongue River Watershed. North Dakota and Minnesota National Guard troops had been working to shore up the Bourbanis Dam last week. Burgum also met with leaders in Grafton and visited the Renwick Dam, west of Cavalier.

Officials with the North Dakota National Guard, the state Department of Emergency Services, the North Dakota Homeland Security Director, and the Department of Water Resources Director were also part of the meetings.