Bismarck City Commissioners approve FEMA flood maps
The Bismarck City Commission reluctantly voted to approve updated flood risk maps, effectively ending the city's fight with the Federal Emergency Management Agency over flood insurance maps.
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The Bismarck City Commission reluctantly voted to approve updated flood risk maps, effectively ending the city's fight with the Federal Emergency Management Agency over flood insurance maps.
Community bonded during historic 2011 Missouri River flood ALEX KAUTZMAN, SAM NELSON, JACK DURA, TRAVIS SVIHOVEC, AMY R. SISK, The Bismarck Tribune June 27, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — John Warford realized the threat to his city when he saw it from the air. Warford was mayor of Bismarck 10 years ago when the Missouri River overflowed its banks from Montana to Missouri. Warford recalls taking a helicopter ride with Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk, adjutant general of the North Dakota National Guard at the time, and seeing just how high the river was. “I always called th...