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Flood of 97
The Associated Press WIRE


The Flood of 1997 in photos
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DOWNTOWN
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FALMOUTH, KY.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1997

DOWNTOWN - EAST END
Rising waters pour into downtown Monday afternoon. By night, water had covered Pete Rose Way, at left. (Michael E. Keating photo)

Water surrounds Riverfront Stadium Monday afternoon and covers the first floor of the parking garage. (Michael E. Keating photo)

The statue of Cincinnatus at Bicentennial Commons is surrounded by water. (Michael E. Keating photo).

Workmen at Cincinnati Commercial Warehouse on Pete Rose Way stretch to pass a pallet being used a foot bridge (Michael E. Keating photo).

A driver walksfrom his pickup truck after he underestimated the depth of water along Mehring Way Monday afternoon. He later pushed the truck to higher ground. (Michael E. Keating photo).

Water nearly covers cars off Eastern Avenue in the East End. (Craig Ruttle photo).


NEW RICHMOND, OHIO
Firefighters Larry Campbell and Chuck Vogel evacuate Daniel Minervini, 1, and Keith Minervini, 3, in New Richmond (Glenn Hartong photo)

Paul Marck Jr. paddles a boat down Center Street in New Richmond as his sons Todd Marck, 17, and Paul Marck III, 18, hang onto some household possessions. (Glenn Hartong photo)

New Richmond firefighters work from a boat to try to douse a mobile home fire (Glenn Hartong photo)

A pleasure craft is moored near a New Richmond street as the rising Ohio floods a home in the background. (Michael E. Keating photo)


RIPLEY, OHIO
Jeff Fussnecker, 19, of Ripley stands atop a car while waiting for a tow truck. (Michael Snyder photo)

Ohio National Guardsmen load residents' belongings as people evacuated Monday. (Michael Snyder photo)


NORTHERN KENTUCKY
The sign of Mike Fink's Restaurant in Covington is nearly submerged Monday afternoon. (Ernest Coleman photo)

Friends help Herb Adams move from his Bromley home as flood water approaches (Ernest Coleman photo).

In Maysville, Ky., city workers filled bags with sand Monday to reinforce the floodwall around the business district. (Michael Snyder photo).


FALMOUTH, KY.
Flood victims rest in the sanctuary of Southside Church of Christ in Falmouth, Ky. (Patrick Reddy photo).

Houses underwater along the railroad tracks at Woodson Street in Falmouth, Ky. (Patrick Reddy photo).


MONDAY, MARCH 3, 1997

Falmouth, Ky., was flooded Sunday afternoon after the Licking River overflowed its banks. (Michael E. Keating photo)

Houses in downtown Falmouth are submerged. (Michael E. Keating photo)

The Blue Creek in Adams County, Ohio, overflows near West Union Sunday and floods a road. (Michael E. Keating photo)


SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 1997

Kevin Tackett looks out of father's house in Adams County, Ohio, Saturday after flood waters raced through it. (Craig Ruttle photo)

Red Oak Creek in Brown County overflows Saturday. (Craig Ruttle photo)


FLOOD STORIES

 
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