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Rain Floods City Streets, Police and Fire Departments
Rescue Crews Called Out To Save Person Trapped By Floodwaters
POSTED: 8:22 pm EDT September 6,
2008
UPDATED: 12:05 am EDT September 7,
2008
MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Tropical Storm Hanna brought flash floods to Southern New Hampshire, hitting Manchester especially hard.
Click For VideoWater could be seen going all the way up to the wheel wells on some cars.Firefighters had to rescue someone trapped by the rising waters. The rescue crews actually had to use a boat to get to the victim.Manchester's police and fire departments worked to pump out flooded basements.The firefighters' exercise room was full of water and officers say a number of vehicles including motorcycles were damaged inside police headquarters.Across the city, drivers attempted to ford the flooded roads and people waded along sidewalks that had ankle to calf deep water.City works said the relentless rainfall was just too much for the city’s storm drains.Emergency officials said that people shouldn’t take chances and avoid trying to cross the flooded roads.Were you stuck in the floodwaters? E-mail WMUR News 9 with your story and photos.
Click For VideoWater could be seen going all the way up to the wheel wells on some cars.Firefighters had to rescue someone trapped by the rising waters. The rescue crews actually had to use a boat to get to the victim.Manchester's police and fire departments worked to pump out flooded basements.The firefighters' exercise room was full of water and officers say a number of vehicles including motorcycles were damaged inside police headquarters.Across the city, drivers attempted to ford the flooded roads and people waded along sidewalks that had ankle to calf deep water.City works said the relentless rainfall was just too much for the city’s storm drains.Emergency officials said that people shouldn’t take chances and avoid trying to cross the flooded roads.Were you stuck in the floodwaters? E-mail WMUR News 9 with your story and photos.Copyright 2008 by WMUR.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
