Minot, North Dakota Disaster Recovery

In June 2011, Minot, North Dakota, was overrun with floodwaters when the Souris River overflowed the local levees after heavy rainfall and the spring snowmelt, breaking a 130-year-old flood record. As a result, over 4,000 homes in the area were flooded, and it was the first FEMA-declared Level 5 disaster since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

With experience in disaster recovery and a desire to help the residents of Minot, DSW opened our office in Minot in April 2013 and, as of August 2013, were awarded 69 homes as part of the city of Minot’s Homeowner Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Program.