Dozens Seek Shelter as Flood Destroys Homes
Floodwaters rushed through rural northeast Ohio, ripping houses from their foundations and tearing a 65-foot deep crater into a road, authorities said.
“One minute the creek was rising slowly, and the next minute it was a total disaster,” Columbiana County Sheriff David Smith said.
Several homes were pulled off their foundations, forcing about 60 people to seek shelter at a high school in Lisbon.
The rushing water left a hole about 65 feet deep and 125 feet wide in a road near Salem, and a car that plunged into the crater landed on its top in a creek. Two people inside were not seriously hurt.
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