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Farnsworth Metropark flooding on Sunday.

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Farnsworth Metropark.

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A car on Cowan Street. A neighbor says the car had floated a little down the street since Saturday. Heavy rains in Henry County cause flooding in fields and towns, including the rural towns of Deshler and Hamler.

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John Hainey, 60, drove around his neighborhood in Hamler collecting the treated landscaping timbers that he had stacked at his house on Belton, but which [had] floated away." Heavy rains in Henry County cause flooding in fields and towns, including the rural towns of Deshler and Hamler.

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Sand bags were used on Keith Street in Hamler.

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Sand bags were used on Keith Street in Hamler.

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The Hamler Fire Department assisted residents who needed help because of the flooding, even as water came up to the doors of their building.

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A rain-beaten Butterfly weed in Toledo.

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A resident of Oak Grove Health Care Center in Deshler is taken from the facility to waiting transport.

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Flooding in Deshler brought high water to homes and vehicles.

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A car on Cowan Street. A neighbor says the car had floated a little down the street since yesterday. The water had been up to "New Concept" in the realtor's sign, says the owner.

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Workers attempt on Sunday to salvage a sailboat that sunk in Saturday and Sunday's storms at Catawba Moorings marina on Catawba Island. The 54-year-old 35-foot boat, Windsome, an Alberg, took on too much water, according to Jake Dunfee, owner of Rescue Marine. He said the boat's owner lives in Muncie, Ind.

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Workers attempt on Sunday to salvage a sailboat that sunk in Saturday and Sunday's storms at Catawba Moorings marina on Catawba Island. The 54-year-old 35-foot boat, Windsome, an Alberg, took on too much water, according to Jake Dunfee, owner of Rescue Marine. He said the boat's owner lives in Muncie, Ind.

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An Oak Grove HealthCare Center resident is wheeled toward an ambulance to be transferred.

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High water in Wood County today on Cygnet Road about 2 miles east of State Rt. 235.

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