News Release from: Gaston Fire Dist.
HEAVY RAIN FLOODS FARMS AND ROADS IN GASTON
Posted: November 19th, 2012 3:00 PM
Photo/sound file: http://www.flashalertnewswire.net/images/news/2012-11/3743/59497/20121119flood3.jpg (Motorists maneuver through high water on E. Main Street in Gaston Monday. Photo by Randy Hoodenpyl)
Photo/sound file: http://www.flashalertnewswire.net/images/news/2012-11/3743/59497/20121119flood1.jpg (Flood waters bury E. Main Street and Brown Park in Gaston Monday. Photo by Randy Hoodenpyl)
Photo/sound file: http://www.flashalertnewswire.net/images/news/2012-11/3743/59497/20121119flood6.jpg (Flood waters surround a farm at Old Highway 47 and Bates Road, just north of the Gaston city limits Monday. Photo by Ashley Hoodenpyl)
Heavy rain caused spotty flooding in the Gaston area Monday.
Among the areas hardest hit were along the Tualatin River just north and east of the city limits.
The Gaston Rural Fire District urges motorists to remember that even a few inches of water can carry a car off a highway, and that danger increases after dark when it's harder to gauge the depth of the water or the edge of the roadway.
Free sand and sand bags are available behind the Gaston fire station, 102 E. Main Street.
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