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A snowfall then a freeze and thaw often creates flooding concerns for people living along creeks, streams, and even the Ohio River. Ohio County EMA Executive Director Lou Vargo says many of the ...
As the Ohio River continues to swell, neighbors are doing what they can—moving fast, staying alert, and hoping their preparations are enough to ride out the worst of the flood.
After over a week of flooding, the Ohio River has finally returned to normal water levels.The Ohio River moved below Action Stage in Cincinnati, which is defined as being above 40 feet ...
As the Ohio continues to rise from the North, the Salt River is still pushing in from the east, flooding the city in all directions. “Just watching the water, I guess. Might as well,” Ralph Bruce said ...
The Ohio River reached its peak overnight, briefly hitting 60.79 feet.See aerial footage of the flooded Ohio River from Tuesday, April 8 in the video player aboveFor comparison, the 1997 flood hit ...
A man wades through waist-high water and vehicle is partially submerged in the middle of South Huron Street on Wheeling Island in April due to Ohio ... flooding hit southern West Virginia in ...
The waters — waist-high in some places — will only get higher with the Ohio River set to crest in the ... with several more days of disruptive flooding induced by a days-long rain event ...
The river crested at 58.9 feet on March 29, 1913, in Parkersburg, almost 23 feet above flood stage, the highest in recorded history. The January 1937 flood was about 4 feet lower. The Ohio River ...
Fueled by historic rainfall across the region, the Ohio River crested near downtown Louisville at 36.63 feet Wednesday — the highest river level since the infamous March 1997 flood, and ranking ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — With flood walls up and sandbags down, the rising Ohio River has Jill Barnes Mercado leaving her Waldoah Beach home for good. "It could go up five feet," she said, walking up ...
The American Red Cross is calling for volunteers to participate in its Ohio River Valley shelter volunteer training, scheduled for tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Wheeling office ...