Lutheran Disaster Response: Bringing Help and Hope

The following Monday evening, June 19, the area in and around Fargo received 8 inches rainfall in over a 6 hour span closing streets, interstates, and affecting homes in Fargo, damaging 1.8 million acres of farm land crops. On Tuesday, June 27, 2000, President Clinton signed a presidential disaster declaration to help 18 eastern and central North Dakota counties and two Indian reservations recover from flooding. This is the ninth such declaration in eight years.

These pictures are taken on Thursday that same week as still more rain fell in the area.

Fargo

near Argusville north of Fargo

PO Box 389 ♦ 1325 11th St South ♦ Fargo, ND 58107

Lutheran Disaster Response (LDR) is a collaborative ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. The mission of LDR is to demonstrate Christ's compassion for people by promoting health, healing and wholeness for disaster survivors.

In North Dakota, the LDR affiliate is Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota.

"Guided by God's love and grace, Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota brings healing, help and hope."