MOV finally going to get some relief from the high water

Dirty mattresses and other debris can be seen in two dumpsters provided for free by Rumpke in the Parking Partners lot on Second Street in Marietta on Monday. Marietta residents can put their flood debris in the dumpsters. (Photo by Michelle Dillon)
Roads are opening in Marietta after another weekend of rain, flooding and road closures.
Mayor Josh Schlicher said streets on the west and south areas were closed for cleanup and debris removal. Gilman Avenue, Virginia Street, South Fifth Street, and South Seventh Street were closed for water levels over the weekend.
The city announced via Facebook Monday afternoon that Gilman Avenue and Virginia Street were open. Schlicher said South Fifth and South Seventh streets are also open.
Schlicher said he had not heard of any reports from business owners on Front Street regarding flooding in their stores from this past weekend.
“They might have water in their basements, but I haven’t heard anything else,” he said.

A JaniSource employee walks into Stoked Coffee at 302 Pike St. in Marietta on Monday afternoon to clean. According to the coffee shop’s Facebook post, they sustained significant water damage due to the flooding the week of April 2. (Photo by Michelle Dillon)
“We got through it pretty well. We got pretty lucky,” he said.
Ohio River water levels crested at 37.89 feet at 1:15 a.m. Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. As of 5 p.m. Monday, the level dropped to 31.2 feet.
Marietta City Schools operated under a two-hour delay Monday due to flooding impacting certain bus routes, the district announced via Facebook post.
Communications Coordinator Christian Hudspeth said Monday afternoon that all bus routes are now operating normally and school will be open normal hours today.
The National Weather Service in Charleston forecasts today to be partly sunny with isolated showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and highs in the upper 70s. The chance of rain is 20%. The chance of rain will increase to 40% tonight with lows in the 60s, the report said.
On the West Virginia side, Wood County 911 Director Mike Shook said over the weekend local rivers and creeks were on the rise again.
“It got close to where it was last week,” he said. “It has been going down (Monday).”
Emergency services put out an announcement via Facebook that they have cleanup kits available, but they hadn’t had any takers as of 3 p.m. Monday.
Shook believes as the water continues to go down and people are able to see how the water has impacted them they will have some requests for the cleanup kits.
Wood County emergency officials received a call at 5:37 p.m. Sunday regarding a blue Chevy S-10 truck submerged in high water at the 1100 block of Nicolette Road. Members of the Wood County Sheriff’s Office, St. Joseph Ambulance Service and the East Wood Volunteer Fire Department dispatched to the scene.
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.
The name of the driver would be released today, said Wood County Chief Deputy Mike Deem.
Douglass Huxley contributed to the report.
Kristen Hainkel can be contacted at khainkel@newsandsentinel.com
Brett Dunlap can be contacted at bdunlap@newsandsentinel.com
- Dirty mattresses and other debris can be seen in two dumpsters provided for free by Rumpke in the Parking Partners lot on Second Street in Marietta on Monday. Marietta residents can put their flood debris in the dumpsters. (Photo by Michelle Dillon)
- A JaniSource employee walks into Stoked Coffee at 302 Pike St. in Marietta on Monday afternoon to clean. According to the coffee shop’s Facebook post, they sustained significant water damage due to the flooding the week of April 2. (Photo by Michelle Dillon)








