NATIONAL BRIEFING / NORTH DAKOTA
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Residents of the tiny community of Kathryn cleared out as water spilled over a dam and began eroding it, while officials in nearby Valley City urged about half its residents to evacuate because of a flood threat that could persist for weeks.
National Guard soldiers in helicopters were dropping one-ton sandbags to help shore up the Clausen Springs Dam a few miles from Kathryn, a town of about 55 residents.
Valley City, about 17 miles north, has a population of nearly 7,000. City officials urged the elderly, disabled and people living in low-lying areas to evacuate to keep emergency routes open.
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