as been inundated by heavy flooding. The National Guard contingents were to provide unarmed security checkpoints. Officials warned ongoing flooding could ultimately be the worst in decades for the state, with an unusually heavy snowpack in the mountains, persistent spring rains and waterlogged ground incapable of soaking up any more moisture. "No part of the state" will escape some type of flooding, Monique Lay, spokeswoman for the state Emergency Coordination Center, said in anticipation of more rain and melting snowpack. "It's statewide, corner to corner." Downstream, about 1,500 North Dakota National Guard soldiers were summoned to help in the flood effort as residents in Bismarck, N.D., and nearby Mandan brace for large volumes of water to be released in the coming weeks at Garrison Dam. But the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' said construction of more than seven miles of earthen levees to protect against flooding in Bismarck and Mandan should be completed long before planned maximum releases at Garrison. The river is burgeoning with the runoff of rain and melting snow in Montana, Wyoming and western North Dakota. South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard said Sunday that the Corps' decision to release even more water from Missouri dams will not only cause additional problems for the central South Dakota communities of Pierre and Fort Pierre, but also for the downstream cities of Yankton and Dakota Dunes in the state's southeastern corner. Hundreds of homeowners in Pierre and Fort Pierre also have been working feverishly for several days, moving their belongings to higher ground and laying sandbags around the houses. Water had already moved into some residential areas. Meanwhile, officials in Nebraska and Iowa have been monitoring the river, which is expected to crest near Omaha at record levels between 30 and 35 feet in late June after more water is released from reservoirs. In perhaps a sign of weariness in Montana, the state Emergency Coordination Center on Sunday felt compelled to issue a statement saying Fort Peck Dam is not in danger of