Business owners and residents in Grand Rapids, Ohio were scrambling Wednesday afternoon to come up with plans to save items in basements after flooding turned out far worse than expected.
Firefighters and others said heavy rain that fell Tuesday night was causing major problems for the village along the banks of the Maumee River.
Village Administrator Chad Hoffman said the flooding was a normal occurrence for a river town such as his and that sandbags would be ineffective. He said Wednesday afternoon there had been no evacuations.
It was a story that was being repeated in many upriver communities, especially in Defiance — where some said the flooding was the worst in 25 years — as well as some portions of South Toledo.
The National Weather Service in Cleveland issued a flood ...
