Cherry Hill evacuated!

WEWS is reporting that people living in the Cherry Hill area outside of Zoar have been evacuated! Denise and I had noticed earlier that there was a bunch of cars parked next to the Zoar Hotel earlier in the day. That must have been residents from Michael Lane getting out while there was time.

CLEVELAND -- Heavy rainfall and melting snow are combining to make the threat of flooding a very real concern across the state.

Flooding is already affecting some areas of northeast Ohio. The Tuscarawas County Sheriff said that state Route 212 at Route 800 west is closed because of flooding.

Residents on Michael Lane near 212 have been evacuated because the access road to the homes is in danger of flooding.

The fire department went door-to-door telling resident to leave. Because the access road is in danger of flooding, residents who had enough supplies were allowed to stay if they chose, officials said.

The sheriff said minor flooding is also a problem throughout the county. It has forced the Tuscarawas Valley School District to close for the past two days.

This is not the first time that residents have had to deal with flooding. Tuscarawas County experienced severe flooding in 2005.

Again, why have they been dumping so much water out from the Bolivar Dam?