LOVELAND, OHIO NEWS – Wide spread flooding after record rain

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LOVELAND, OHIO NEWS – A week and a half after the Loveland area experienced a record snowfall , record rain has fallen on the area. Two to three inches of rain have already fallen, and as much as two inches more is predicted. The rain has caused wide spread flooding; with road closings, and basement flooding. The current of the Little Miami river is furious and fast.

The Loveland/Symmes Fire Department rescued three members of a cross-country team who had fallen into a creek in Symmes Park late yesterday afternoon, after one of the runners slipped into the swollen creek, and another runner and their coach went into the water to rescue them.

Some residents spent a sleepless night watching the river rise, and many had moved belongings to higher ground. The Little Miami River is expected to crest at 26 feet, nine feet above flood level at Kings Mills, and nearly 25 feet, eight feet above flood stage at Milford in Clermont County.

East Kemper Road between Riverside and Loveland Maderia was closed under deep water, as well as Cones Road in Warren County along the Loveland Bike Trail. St. Route 48 from downtown Loveland heading to Mainville had water crossing over the road, and Karl Brown Way was closed under several feet of water at the railroad underpass in. Rising water of Kealhoffers Run covered the roadway in Kiwanis Park with several basements flooded along Ohio Avenue and Wall Street.

Kemper Road between Loveland Madeira and McKinney is also closed.

A “Code Red” alert was issued at 12:45 PM via. Telephone to Loveland residents warning of road closures. The message said the the complete closing of St. Route 48 heading to Mainville was “imminent.” The alert also warned of landslide possibilities along Loveland Madeira Road in Symmes Township, between I-275 and Indian Hill corporation limit.

Fast flowing water from the Little Miami was about to break over the dike in Nisbet Park which had already been flooded by water from O'Bannon Creek at 9 AM.

You can view many more photos that were taken around Loveland between 9 – 10 AM this morning, by following this link, .