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North Dakota will not be getting the presidential disaster declaration it requested in August.

Hurricane Harvey will go down as the destructive natural disasters in history. The hurricane brought destruction on the Texas Gulf Coast and now the system is stationary over the Metro of Houston, dropping heavy rains on already flooded areas.

BISMARCK, N.D. – Gov. Doug Burgum this week requested a presidential major disaster declaration based on the "severe drought conditions" that continue to plague farmers, ranchers and other residents across much of North Dakota.

They're finally using the "D" word - officially at least...

Some Federal aid is being made available for drought-stricken farmers and ranchers in the Dakotas and elsewhere in the Upper Midwest.

In the wake of torrential downpours earlier this summer, President Obama has approved a disaster declaration that will appropriate federal funds to affected areas of North Dakota.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Gov. Jack Dalrymple has asked President Barack Obama to declare a federal disaster for the southwestern and south central parts of the state that were hit by an early October blizzard.

While there have been incidents with sinkholes swallowing a car or even a house, the unfortunate town of Bayou Corne in Louisiana is vanishing.

LAWTELL, La. (AP) — About 100 homes remain evacuated as officials work to clean up the site of a 26-car train derailment near the small community of Lawtell, about 60 miles west of Baton Rouge.

A team investigating the recent deadly oil train derailment and explosion in Canada came to North Dakota this past week.