In an announcement on Facebook early on Tuesday, May 3, the Cavalier County Sheriff’s Department said nearby North Dakota Highway 5 is closed from North Dakota Highway 1 to North Dakota Highway 32 due to “possible imminent rupture of the Dam.”
Gov. Doug Burgum, at the request of the Pembina County Emergency Management officials, authorized the National Guard to send two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to place sandbags each weighing 1 ton to help stop the Bourbanis dam from failing.
The North Dakota National Guard is helping to stabilize a dam in Cavalier County that is in danger of breaking and causing even worse flooding in the area.