News: Blanchard River Flooding Seen from Space

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center was able to capture images by satellite taken before and after the flooding near Findlay. Blanchard River is not typically a river visible from this satellite. But with all of the flooding, it is easily visible in this top image.

Blanchard River had risen to near its record stage on August 22nd. That record flood is 18.5 feet and dates back to 1913. (CLICK IMAGE TO VIEW LARGER)



Photos are courtesy of:

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center &
National Weather Service/Cleveland




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News: Flooding claims second life in Ohio

By Paul Thomas

HANCOCK COUNTY (WKYC) -- A 92-year-old driver, trapped by high water near Findlay, Ohio, died Thursday.

The Hancock County Sheriff's Office received an emergency call for a man in trouble in the water.

Chopper 3 captured the rescue effort on State Route 235 as firefighters tried to resuscitate the man.

In Mansfield, a 74-year-old man died of smoke inhalation after flood waters toppled a gas can in an apartment garage.

The vapors from the gas can sparked the fire after coming into contact with a pilot light on a water heater.

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News: People Returning to Homes, Damage in Findlay

FINDLAY (WKYC) -- People in Findlay are returning today to flood-damaged homes and businesses.

Hancock County Sheriff Michael Heldman says about 200 people remained in a shelter this morning, and Main Street and much of the other roadways near the Blanchard River remained impassable.

But water was receding and hundreds more residents had returned home. Heldman said some homes had a foot or more water.Pumps were running Thursday in businesses and homes across the northwest Ohio city. Governor Ted Strickland says he plans to go out Thursday to see more of the flooding and what it's done. He took a helicopter tour of Findlay, which has been hit by its worst flooding in nearly a century.

News: Flooding in Findlay

FINDLAY (WKYC) -- One resident of Findlay says it now looks as though the northwest Ohio city was built in the middle of a lake.

(Click on the picture to view a photo gallery from Findlay)

The National Weather Service says flooding from the Blanchard River is the worst in almost 100 years, and the river isn't expected to crest until Wednesday afternoon, at about 7 and a-half feet above flood stage.

Governor Strickland began a tour of the region Wednesday afternoon.Images from the air show much of northern Ohio under water after this week's heavy downpours. Record flooding has closed streets, shut down schools and forced at least 500 people to leave their water-filled homes. Strickland says he's thankful that there have been no reports of fatalities or serious injuries.

Channel 3's Dave Summers is in Findlay and tells us that rescuers have now been working 48 hours straight to get flood victims to safety.Currently, rescuers are waiting on about 30 boats to arrive from all over the state to assist in rescue operations.The last major flood in Findlay was in 1923 when the river crested at 18 and a half feet. Most expect the river to crest higher than that this time around.

To Watch Video of Dave Summers in Findlay 8/22/07: CLICK HERE