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<br />RECEIVED APR I 3 1998
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<br />ByThe"'T!mes"Statf '-', .' peOpl~.~e~.expected by" earl,. after- ~ard-thehouseaachtartedaandbag~ ....The~aeu"ationw~p~in.an floodini~his3~'Y~'~~~~~:'
<br />. noon...'...'" ,.....-.'. . ," ging." . '", ,.} ..: orderly.fashioD,",Jacbon said..ThIl. mentwork.intheaua~1Yiriciilly,I100d.
<br />FloOd waters. swept thrOugh .Ashelter,manager :was coming _ By 5:30a.m. the waterwlUI B couple ; floodingsituaticnin FortCo!fu;ls,With . -ing in the area _~ !fOIntheSouth
<br />. Weldona" Thesday riight with water" tonight from Fort, Colllils,to. aversee : offeet deep in the yard " " . several people killed, made loCal,peo-Platte Rivet, he-added~.'<">:_'.,<,:,"~ :t,"
<br />about four feet deep shoving ~. shelter operations. and a foodprep8J'a- The house was sUlT01JI1ded by water, ple. eY_l!Jl more aware', than usual of .' There wlln-.at;'leaSi':hio. '~aJor
<br />vebicleaanddebria. ~,:.., tionvehicle was beiD.&,sent from the'lIandbagsunderwater andthe~ Iloodingcianger; he added._ ,-. ,'"".-' ,_"breBcbesandsevertill'l:liI1ot-ones"inthe-.
<br />. Standing water thiee_to,fcnirfeet Denver..", ,'. _., . basement completely'flooded..thia ,.~indic:9.ted:as'much;aseight:,.RiversideDitchnorth:ofWeldODa8..nd
<br />deep was, still reported today in the Moving and floating_ vehicles and moming., .' ',: " , .-: - . incliea of'ram north of WeldOna and'.:Fo,rt',Mwgan; -Riverside,superiliten...
<br />,small community northwest of Fort various debris such as propane _tanks However, most of the water had been ; Fort_Moigan: Tliesday; Fort: MOrgan,-" dent Bart WoodW81'li'_NJl(lited.' ..', .
<br />. Morgan along HighWaYl44.' '. '. and large, trash containers swept pumped out oftha blllleJn~t by about I received' 2:39 inches' from.'-.Friday ,,:,"Wftve got some majo~ damage,". he '
<br />'.', SOmel-eSidentshad_iUreadyevacu_ throuKhthecommunity." noon.. ," .' _,: _ ,.'.throughTuesday.':,d ',,' '__ said.,.."" :,"_"';"_"""','
<br />. ated,by;this liIorning;a'_mandatory,' ~Anytbing underwater presents a, Health and Wetyconcems-flood-, :,W:eldona,while~theliardest-hit,was Water',ranove.r,the,ditch'bank"ina_
<br />evacuatioil. was to start'at .0.000. today,:. hazard::" SheriffRichar>d Jackson said.: :. ed, feedlll:ts; wells, septic tanks ,and.. by no- means,the, o.ll;Iy area withpEob-- " number ,or.areas,'ha,.added:.::~wnors"
<br />,'Kevin Kureticb.".tountyemergency.' 'I'nspiteofthehighandfast-mpving . utilities in partiC1i1ar-;--andthe-possi. lema; _',' " . /..'., .. " ,_'. that_the dam atJacksOnL8ke-Widbro--,'.
<br />management, coordinator,'said., The . water, no injuries were reported.':'. .." . bility of another storm-toriight .-were _' ' ,"There's lakes_here and, there' all' ken are _untrue;said-:'Fnld:l:leI~;
<br />National',Guard was to have sent three "It was swift water: Kuretich said. ,: the ,majOr fact.onin the. evacuation, . 'over Morgan County," Jerry-Ostwald._; superintendent of the.JacksOri,J.ake '
<br />. 'l~ton catgo vehicles and three-"hum. "Ucame through really quick,~.said Kuretich and Jackson said. . _ . .. operations and_maintenance- supervi-' ReservOir and:Inigatiim_ ,Co;-,~It'was
<br />men" (Jeep--like vehicle8) and about a, Kathy Lorenzini, whoae family owns Jackson ,was also Concerned about SOl' of Morgan County ,Quality Water: Riverside that went,and we're stand-
<br />. dozen People to Weldona'to"help"them property about half,l1, :mile west of.. possible loss oflifeif1:nore flooding hit ' District,said._, .,' ,_' ". ' .:,: ' ing by with their problelIl$, ~'..added .
<br />, evacUate: . reported, Maj., Michael WeldOl1a in the flooded area. "We've and_pe<lplewere'not evacuated.. _ . The . "water, . sweeping ,tlutIugh Laura Schull, whooe husband,.I~ete,is,
<br />:,Yowell,pubticaffairaOfficer." been sandbagging all night since about . Tberesidentswi!lpro!>ablybekept Weldona was' believed to come, from ,tbeditchrider.. .', ,.,.,'
<br />A l,ted Cross center has been Set up one o'clock.~ . ". . 'i_out at leut 24 hours"Kwetich added. th.e heavy rains SDdfrom breaks in the The only CQuntyqualitj waterline
<br />"atWlgginsSchool.:'-, ,_; ,,:>__';'_ .: :The_Lorenzinis were' helping out Weatherforecasts,he'noted;indicated RiVerside Ditch. . '" .' Ostwald kuew of that was down w"as-.
<br />Several,people:~ent"tothe school .rentenMikeandNikkiBaessler.who ;tha:t',thingashould start to:c:iry out ..UndersheJiffBruC8_~,saidit
<br />thia: moroing; 20 or D.l~.l?-~tional noticed water; starting.-to> come, up' . Th~y., "was the finjt.time be bad seen such: , See F=lood, pa~.1.1
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