{"id":287353,"date":"2026-05-28T10:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T10:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/287353\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T10:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T10:13:09","slug":"flooding-debris-closes-busy-road-after-heavy-rain-in-clark-co-whio-tv-7-and-whio-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/287353\/","title":{"rendered":"Flooding, debris closes busy road after heavy rain in Clark Co. \u2013 WHIO TV 7 and WHIO Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">CLARK COUNTY \u2014 The recent heavy rain has caused several issues across the Miami Valley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">[DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whio.com\/mobile-apps\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.whio.com\/mobile-apps\/\">Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">News Center 7\u2019s Xavier Hershovitz is checking conditions as people are dealing with both dense fog and flooded streets this morning on News Center 7 Daybreak from 4:25 a.m. until 7 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">TRENDING STORIES:<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">Multiple people had to be rescued from their homes after heavy rain flooded a neighborhood at the 5300 block of South Charleston Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">Crews had to rescue two kids inside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">The floodwater was also full of corn stalks, which made it hard for crews to use their boat. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">\u201cFields flood this time of year; it brings the corn stalks down, all the debris from where they\u2019ve taken the corn down the year before,\u201d said Jamie Allen, Deputy Chief of the Springfield Township Fire Department. \u201cIt clogs the culvert here, and then it all backs up into this area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">Days of rain led to flooding and water damage across the Miami Valley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">A man told our news crew that he went through floodwater to get his daughter out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">\u201cI told her, pack her boys some stuff up and everything,\u201d said Bob Pennsywitt. \u201cSo, I went in and got all her stuff out, and then I went and gave her a piggyback ride out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">The family said they are waiting for the water to go down before they go in and take any belongings out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 lofITx body-paragraph\">[SIGN UP: <a href=\"https:\/\/membercenter.whio.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/membercenter.whio.com\/newsletters\">WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLARK COUNTY \u2014 The recent heavy rain has caused several issues across the Miami Valley. 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