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<br />Floodwaters force evacuations
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<br />Residents flee Atwood;
<br />patients airlifted from
<br />hospital in Str1ing
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<br />By Ann I,""
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<br />STERUNC .....: Th~' rt'sirlt'nts of
<br />Sll'rllll~ and 1\IWlIOd nmld see dis-
<br />;1~Il'rllowinJ.!th(,lrway. '
<br />,\s mudl as 15 indIes of filin
<br />Ih"PIWd un 111(' 1~lwnt't' N;lljon<l1
<br />t;I:Issbnd IIllrlhWt'sl (If lh(' two
<br />10wns o\'t'1 ru~hl Tlll'sll;l\',
<br />Theil thl' w;llt'r I)(Hircd down
<br />1~lwn('t. Crt-I,'l; - Ilnrmall)~ il dl)'
<br />Ihll'" "llO .....Ider than yuur bath.
<br />tllh," as HIll" !of:;t] dt'StTib('d it -
<br />.tIIl! J.!U'W mIlia sl'ven.mill' sh('('1
<br />"IW;t1t'rlhalsll';ulilyrultt'd"I'mss
<br />lilt" Ibt1ands ,lIld ({'ached the
<br />to.....nshy\\'I.t1nt.s(\;IY.
<br />TIll' slo.....-muvinJ{ nuod Rav!' au.
<br />Ihorill('s linlt' III warn rcsidt'nts.
<br />plmk .10 Il('uplc fHll1\ their mo{s in
<br />,\1""'.11111 ;mll ('v;tl'uah' all the pa-
<br />lWfllsfmmllwStl'rlill/o:hospilal,
<br />"I'I'uJlI(' WN(' just patiently
<br />.- fit.: until SlIlllt.'Olll"C<luld W:t
<br />. .ff Ilwir rtluftops." said Na-
<br />{;uard M;tj. (;('n. William
<br />Idahl. .
<br />; But Illhe c11'vastatinn luok its
<br />11llU", II hit with a Ven/o:l'anre when
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<br />,\lwood was l'f1lply hy !. a.m.:
<br />V.hl'lI thl' nuodwaters n1mJl'ctcly
<br />m\Trt,d Ihl' tHWII of 70 peoplc.
<br />S. 'fl1l' hOllSI'S WNI' IInder K fl'cI
<br />"tv.-.lier: .
<br />"It t';lIlli' in wilh ;t real Inl of
<br />lorn'." said HOllla Mason AI-
<br />w'~ld's jlUsllnlstlt'SS, as ~Ill.. ~tuod
<br />,II lIw ('dl(l' III town watchioK wa-
<br />rt'lll<lUrlhmu~hlll'rl)l.1'iloffiCl'.
<br />J(.I~iI1K 1l11<1I1w;lll'rs dust'd half a
<br />11"'.'llstatt' 111t.:llways in a j)().milc
<br />,>walh fmlll Sh'rhn.r< Wt'!!! 10 (;ullIl-
<br />"d" ~hut hlUll(l'S, d;lIna.r<l'd rn;ltls
<br />.,lIIl.HVI'II,dlll'hk
<br />lht' Culol;ulo Army Natim;al
<br />{;U.1I1! lkw ih hdirllptl'rs 10 tilt'
<br />pl.IIIIS ;tIle', (jov, UIIY UlllllN
<br />ouJ,'u'll1I1l'1tIIII ;ISSI!!1 ill It'M'Ue
<br />dlOII!! for tIll' WlIlsl n.lllllilll( in
<br />lIw ,tlt'a ",;IOYI';trs.
<br />1I.,lIfopll'" Pllllllllt'l)/lrh'tl milT('
<br />liMn lOolUIllst's ;uul ;\n V('lndt.s
<br />1I1l.1,'IWillt'11II Alw'IIIIIIlIOI\I' Ill"
<br />1'1I.' tlll'fll)/ltllllll.',IIIInSII'lhr;K,
<br />'II... hospilal t'V;trll;ttion h"K;1II
<br />,1t.oul 7:;10 P,III, ;t!l wIIlI'r 1"1'1'1'11 al
<br />lilt' fill". r1ulltl~ .I.ukc'lll'll ;lIld
<br />wltl,l~ J(ll1.kd up Iu:tu IIlllh,
<br />'1Im;e' lU'hr"plI'fIl Inltlsl)/lIt('d
<br />lilt' lIIo~I ""llull!\1V III III ""11111'1"
<br />l"ul"rarln Me'lll/nl rl'l1l1'l ill <<;u'c"
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<br />IIMnK WIIII'I f"lIld 11Ikr uut 1Ill'
<br />enlY, )ltllU'll Howry,lhlt'dlll
<br />[lull SC'IVll'C'lt lur lilt' Slt'r.
<br />WlUnilIM"lhl'ltll'elllN,ltllill.
<br />t' 1C'lIl1y lInn', knuw !lnw hl){h
<br />111l' wllh'r will )wl. So wl.'re' 11111
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<br />Lydia MeIsner looks skYNard as she waits to board a bus for evacuation from the hospItal In Sterling. Some patients 'N8f9 airlifted. ",'~,
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