WEST CARROLTON FLOODING

IN SOUTHWEST OHIO, ONE DAYTON-AREA COMMUNITY EXPERIENCED EXTREME FLOODING PROMPTING MULTIPLE WATER RESCUES YESTERDAY. 
IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ALMOST FOUR INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN WEST CARROLTON IN A 72-HOUR-PERIOD CAUSING THE WORST FLOODING THE CITY HAS SEEN IN OVER TWENTY YEARS. EMERGENCY CREWS CONDUCTED MULTIPLE WATER RESCUES FROM BOTH VEHICLES AND LOCAL HOMES. WEST CARROLTON CITY SCHOOLS CANCELLED BUS SERVICE AND ALL CLASSES AS MULTIPLE ROADS AND BRIDGES WERE COMPLETELY CLOSED. THE FLOODING IMPACTED MIAMISBURG AS WELL AS NEARBY KETTERING AND PORTIONS OF PREBLE (PREH-BULL) COUNTY.

ONE BODY WAS RECOVERED FROM THE GREAT MIAMI RIVER.