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Homeowners Clean-Up Flood Damage in Wyoming County

Homeowners Clean-Up Flood Damage in Wyoming County - Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 6:16PM EST

Reported by: Eric Deabill
Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010 @ 06:16pm EST
FORKSTON TOWNSHIP, WYOMING COUNTY - Less than 24 hours after flash flooding washed through parts of Wyoming County, homeowners and officials were already assessing the damage.

The hardest hit area appears to be Forkston Township and North Branch Township. That's where homes were destroyed and roads washed away.

William Carey of Forkston Township began the long process of cleaning-up debris Tuesday morning. He spent all day pulling out water-logged, mud-covered items from his basement.

"It came right through the whole yard. It took our deck, took all my wood for burning for the winter, destroyed the driveway," Carey said.

Carey says he was at work when the water from Mehoopany Creek started rising and there was nothing he could do.

"I got a phone call that it was coming up and they tried to save stuff in the basement but it only took a matter of minutes and it was up to almost to your waist," Carey said.

All over Forkston Township the damage was the same. From the fencing at the local ballfield to the Route 87 bridge, which may be the most impressive sight. Tree after tree was lodged in the bridge. Just one day earlier, water was gushing over the entire span.

"All the people up here work their tail off to get/have something nice and you have one thing like this, you can't mess with mother nature," Ray Sabatini said.

Township supervisors call the damage nothing less than devastating. Right now, their biggest concern is getting all of the roads re-open.

"We had probably close to $30,000 worth of temporary fixes that we've got to get done in the next few days to get them back so they're passable," township supervisor Frank Miner said.

"The people just, it's just necessary for them to be a little patient," township supervisor George Kraus said.

For homeowners, their road ahead will be a long one.

"A couple of weeks," Carey said. "It's a couple weeks worth of work."

State officials plan to meet with Wyoming County EMA officials Wednesday morning to discuss all of the damage.
 


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