Torrential rain forces water rescues, damages homes, businesses around Westmoreland
Emergency crews rescued residents from about 30 houses in the
Thirteen water rescue teams participated in the rescue operation east of
No injuries were reported, but at least two people were treated for medical conditions, Matrunics said.
The flood damage in the
The
"That's where the problem was," said
The weather service also extended the flash flood warning for central
A couple trapped on a roof in Cook Township was rescued as well by the
"It was coming up, and all of a sudden something just burst and (the water) started coming in everywhere," said resident
"Once it started, we couldn't get out," said her husband,
The couple used a ladder on their porch to reach temporary safety on the roof of their single-story home.
Water made it up to the bottom of their windows and rushed under the door.
The couple used a cellphone to call 911, and the water started to recede as the rain stopped.
The couple was unharmed, but their home sustained major damage.
"It took our garage doors and smashed them and blew the whole side of the garage out,"
The couple's swimming pool and deck also were smashed.
According to members of the
Local real estate broker
She said the family has been through five floods in about two decades at the home, but this was the first time water had come into the house.
At about
In
"I don't know what to do. I've got my deep freezer, new washer floating down there," said
Firefighters spent a few hours pumping out the basement of the house, a Unity firefighter said.
Pauza said he was at work in
She got out without injury, but
Pauza, along with several neighbors, said they had informed township officials about flooding along a ditch behind their homes and a drainage pipe along the street that clogs.
Prohaska said part of the problem for the township in solving the flooding problem is the ditch is on private property, and there is significant runoff from
"It got hammered out here" at about
"This is the first time it got all of us. I've lived here for 50 years," said
The storm also caused flooding along the
"It's unreal. We lost hundreds of thousands of dollars," in tools and equipment, said
Pulling out drawers of tools that were flooded by water more than 3 feet high in the shop, they lost computers and specialized auto diagnostic equipment.
Bly said that water shot out of the basement drain Wednesday afternoon and water from the stream slammed into the garage door, bursting it open.
A Polaris all-terrain vehicle inside the garage was flooded, as was Bly's Ford F-150 truck parked in the shopping center parking lot.
Bly blamed the flooding on the failure of
The bridge blocked the distribution pipes and water shot up above a 4-feet chain link fence, Brasile said.
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