RIPLEY (AP) – Authorities in southern Ohio are assessing damage to homes and roads in the aftermath of flooding that swept away a mobile home, killing a woman and two of her children.
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Officials say the family’s father and two other children survived when their home was washed into the creek in Ripley in southern Ohio late Saturday night.
Red Oak Creek flooded as rain fell as heavy as four inches an hour, said Georgetown Village Administrator Art Owens.
Owens says the mother, a son and daughter died after the mobile home went into the creek. He says the father and two surviving sons were rescued about two hours later.
Owens said one of the surviving boys was found in a tree. The survivors were taken to a Cincinnati hospital.
Workers will spend Monday evaluating infrastructure and home issues left by flooding, Brown County emergency management director Beth Nevel said. She says three roads are closed.
Authorities said earlier that rushing water caused pavement to buckle on a road in Ripley and streets were flooded in Georgetown.