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Wednesday evening to discuss the situation and show flood maps with residents of the McCook Lake area.
• Daugaard said a lot of variables, including the possibility of more rain, could affect the crest.
• "It's very difficult to judge exactly what will happen and when it will happen because the weather is so unpredictable," he said.
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Humboldt tornado that damaged 2 homes rated EF-2
• HUMBOLDT, S.D. (AP) -- The National Weather Service says the tornado that damaged two residences in Humboldt has been rated as an EF-2.
• Meteorologist Todd Heitkamp says the twister was on the ground for 18 minutes Tuesday night and its winds peaked at 125 mph. No injuries were reported.
• The weather service says the tornado struck one of the homes just minutes after a family had sought shelter in the basement.
• Heitkamp says a silo and an animal shelter were severely damaged, and a machine shed was destroyed.
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New resource center aims to improve Indian heath
DAVE KOLPACK, Associated Press
• FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- A resource center meant to improve American Indian public health programs is targeting Midwest tribes that have disease and death rates much greater than the general population, officials said Wednesday in announcing the project.
• The American Indian Public Health Resource Center will assist tribes with health promotion and policy, disease prevention, technical work, and grant writing, among other things. Its director, Dr. Donald Warne, said the Indian population in the Northern Plains has some of the worst health disparities in the country.
• In North Dakota, the average age at death is nearly 76 for the general population and nearly 55 for American Indians.
• "Most of these health disparities are preventable, so the role of public health is essential," Warne said. "This is really an opportunity to raise the bar much higher."
• Warne, a native of Kyle, South Dakota, and an enrolled member of the Oglala Lakota Tribe, received his bachelor's degree from Arizona State University and medical degree from Stanford. He came to Fargo to start a master of public health program at NDSU, which features the only American Indian specialization in the country.
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