The Minnesota National Guard placed the pumps, which both weigh more than five tons and are leased from a private contractor, using a CH-47 Chinook helicopter.
According to an update from Pembina County Emergency Management on Wednesday morning, sandbags placed by the Guard on Tuesday have been successful in stabilizing erosion at the Bourbanis Dam.
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A North Dakota Army National Guard unit has received an alert for possible mobilization, a deployment that’d be expected to last one year, though at present it is not known