<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2eMvYy_1FNRoRqu00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2eMvYy_1FNRoRqu00" width="800" height="450" >PERRY COUNTY, Ohio — Flooding swept through parts of Ohio after storms Sunday night, sending water back into neighborhoods in Perry County that are still reeling from devastating flooding in August.<div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe allowfullscreen src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eU-yjFqvRqc?enablejsapi=1&version=3&playerapiid=ytplayer" frameborder="0" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div>In Crooksville, condemned homes line China Street after August’s flood damage. Weeks later, floodwaters returned and filled many of those already-abandoned houses again.Beth Smith, who lives in Crooksville, pointed out the homes on her street that once had families noting that hers is one of the only ones left on that stretch of road.Smith said she was fortunate that her property sits higher, but the August flooding still caused major losses. “Oh, the water was almost up to the dashboard in our Jeep Cherokee and my sons Jeep Wrangler. I didn’t even want to look at that one. We lost them both,” she said.With Sunday night’s flooding, Smith said her son moved quickly to limit damage in their basement using a pump. “The minute he heard that rain hit the roof he was gone,” she said.Smith said the flooding has been persistent. “It just never goes away,” she said, adding that she has seen her road flood more than five times in the past month. She said Sunday night’s flooding was not as severe as August’s, but it still affected their home. “The only thing that affected us was our basement, and I can live without a gas heater during the summer,” Smith said.Outside Crooksville, Bill LeRoy said repeated flooding has become a regular part of life. He said his basement has taken on significant water multiple times in recent weeks. “We had five feet of water three different times in the basement and one time it was four foot,” LeRoy said. “I got two feet of water in the basement again last night.”LeRoy said he was awakened during the latest flooding by law enforcement at his door. “They’re beating on the door and then all of a sudden they say that it’s a sheriffs department open up. I’m thinking what the hell."He said deputies told him floodwaters were on his property and his dogs were inches away from drowning.“I didn't even take time to put my rubber boots on... Thank God the dogs is on the bank. And it wasn't up to them that bad yet. But I got them moved up in the kennels and they're happy now, well they're not happy, but they're dry,” LeRoy said.The dogs were safe, but LeRoy said the repeated flooding has already destroyed much of what was stored in his basement. “There’s nothing there left to damage now. It’s all gone out there,” he said while pointing to the piles of debris in his yard.Both Smith and LeRoy described the toll of flooding that keeps returning before residents can recover. LeRoy, who said he has lived in the area for 65 years, called the situation overwhelming. “Its kind of devastating I mean, I’ve lived here for 65 years and never dealt with nothing like this,” he said.As the community waits for floodwaters to recede, residents said they expect more trouble ahead with additional rain in the forecast. “After a while, you just kind of say 'to heck with it' you don’t care, I don’t care, I mean, I do care, but I don’t have, It’s just frustrating,” LeRoy said.Smith added, “This has been a bad year. Very, very, very bad.”</div></body>

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PERRY COUNTY, Ohio — Flooding swept through parts of Ohio after storms Sunday night, sending water back into neighborhoods in Perry County that are still reeling from devastating flooding in August. In Crooksville, condemned homes line China Street after August’s flood damage. Weeks later, floodwaters returned and filled many...

Ohio flooding hits Perry County again weeks after devastating August floods

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PERRY COUNTY, Ohio — Flooding swept through parts of Ohio after storms Sunday night, sending water back into neighborhoods in Perry County that are still r

Ohio flooding hits Perry County again weeks after devastating August floods

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