SEOH SUNDAY FLOODING

SEVERE STORMS DUMPED AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF RAIN IN ATHENS COUNTY THIS WEEKEND. 
A SERIES OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS DROPPED OVER FOUR INCHES OF RAIN IN SOUTHEAST OHIO OVERNIGHT AND INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING IN AN AREA THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN SATURATED. AS A RESULT, AT LEAST FIVE STATE ROADS WERE CLOSED OR BLOCKED DUE TO HIGH WATER WASHOUTS AND MUDSLIDES. IN LAUREVILLE IN HOCKING COUNTY, WAVERLY IN PIKE COUNTY AND ALONG THE PICKAWAY COUNTY BORDER, WATER RESCUES HELPED EVACUATE PEOPLE TO SAFETY AND TRANSFERRED TO EMERGENCY SHELTERS. EVACUATION ORDERS HAVE SINCE BEEN LIFTED AS CLEANUP BEGINS.