Another round of flooding for MOV
The river gauge at the end of Ohio Street has given Marietta residents a simple way to view the river levels for generations. The electronic gauge is across the Muskingum River near the former Harmar School. (Photo by Art Smith)
Members of the Wood County Sheriff’s Office, St. Joseph Ambulance Service and the East Wood Volunteer Fire Department stage in the area of the 1100 block of Nicolette Road Sunday after receiving a call that a vehicle was submerged in high water. (Photo by Douglass Huxley)
People examine the flooding of the Ohio River at the corner of Ohio and Second streets in Marietta Sunday. (Photo by Art Smith)
A goose swims past signage that is normally along the River Trail at Fourth and Ohio streets Sunday. Several sections of the bike path remain under water. (Photo by Art Smith)
The roof of a riverside building was all that could be seen in Williamstown near the ballfields Sunday. (Photo by Art Smith)
The river gauge at the end of Ohio Street has given Marietta residents a simple way to view the river levels for generations. The electronic gauge is across the Muskingum River near the former Harmar School. (Photo by Art Smith)
Members of the Wood County Sheriff’s Office, St. Joseph Ambulance Service and the East Wood Volunteer Fire Department stage in the area of the 1100 block of Nicolette Road Sunday after receiving a call that a vehicle was submerged in high water. (Photo by Douglass Huxley)
People examine the flooding of the Ohio River at the corner of Ohio and Second streets in Marietta Sunday. (Photo by Art Smith)
A goose swims past signage that is normally along the River Trail at Fourth and Ohio streets Sunday. Several sections of the bike path remain under water. (Photo by Art Smith)
The roof of a riverside building was all that could be seen in Williamstown near the ballfields Sunday. (Photo by Art Smith)
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PARKERSBURG – Members of the Wood County Sheriff's Office, St. Joseph Ambulance Service and the East Wood Volunteer Fire Department responded to the 1100 block of Nicolette Road Sunday after receiving a call that a vehicle was submerged in high water.
The Wood County 911 Center said they received the call at 5:37 p.m. saying a blue S-10 truck was submerged in high water.
Wood County Sheriff Rick Woodyard said the Little Hocking Fire Department dive team was on scene and had recovered one body. He said Pifers Towing was also on the scene to recover the vehicle. He said the cause of the accident is still under investigation.
On the Ohio side of the river, Marietta begins its second round of cleanup in a week as both the Ohio and Muskingum Rivers rose again over the weekend.
A post of the city's social media site Sunday said the Ohio River is receding very slowly and is currently at 37.20 feet. It said roads that were closed will remain closed until Monday morning when the water has gone down enough and they can be cleared of debris and reopened.
Marietta Mayor Josh Schlicher said the city will work as quickly as possible to get those areas cleaned up and reopened. He said Virginia, High and Gilman streets would still be closed Monday and would need to be cleared of mud and debris before they reopen. He said city workers had been working overtime to get the things cleaned up from the April 2 floods when waters again rose over the weekend.
"There's areas like Indian Acres that didn't get fully cleaned up," Schlicher said. "We didn't even have a week before the second system hit us."
Schlicher said it may take a day or two for the water to fully rescind and allow workers to access them for cleanup.
The National Weather Service out of Charleston has forecast a 20% chance of showers after 3 p.m. today with mostly sunny and a high near 77.
On Tuesday there's a chance of showers before 3 p.m., then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 3-5 p.m., then a chance of showers after 5 p.m. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
"We'll work as quickly as possible to get those roads back up," Schlicher said.
Douglass Huxley can be reached at dhuxley@newsandsentinel.com