Too familiar: Residents near creeks, streams begin flood cleanup
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A sign that reads “River House” is tacked to the porch of Rich Boyd’s West Newton home on Thursday. Boyd said he just put the sign up after the flooded Youghiogheny River spilled into his basement and garage.
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Waypoint Youth and Community Center CEO Chris Morse cleans the floor of Outpost River’s Edge Eatery in West Newton on Thursday. Morse said he was able to remove most of what was inside the small kitchen before the Youghiogheny spilled its banks the day before. Though the water did not rise high enough to get in, Morse said he was taking the opportunity to deep clean the floor while there was nothing inside.
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Joe Hermann and Breanna Carlson look through items in the basement of Hermann’s grandparents’ home as they help clean up from flooding in the Lowber neighborhood of Sewickley Township on Thursday.
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Jim Hermann removes closet doors from the basement of his parents’ home while helping to clean up from flooding in the Lowber neighborhood of Sewickley Township on Thursday.
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Pam Courie removes unsalvageable items from her kitchen cabinets after flood waters rose into the main floor of her home in the Lowber neighborhood of Sewickley Township on Thursday. Looking on is Courie’s mother, Bonnie Johns.
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A pile of drywall and what was a brand new electric fireplace sit in the yard of Paul and Brenda Hermann’s home in the Lowber neighborhood of Sewickley Township as the couple cleans up from flooding Thursday.
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J.D. Courie surveys the flood damage in the basement of his home in the Lowber neighborhood of Sewickley Township on Thursday.
