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Nev. Flood Victims Start Cleanup

Helicopter and boat rescues near Reno

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(Newser) – Water is receding and residents are returning to their homes today in parts of Nevada and California beset by flooding over the weekend, the Reno Gazette Journal reports. Dozens of people had to be rescued by helicopter and boat after rising flood waters inundated their homes in Fernley, 30 miles east of Reno, after an irrigation canal's earthen levee ruptured on Saturday, producing a 50-foot-wide wall of water.

"In some places, folks had to deal with 8 feet of water," said a local fire chief. "Firefighters were in chest-deep water making rescues." Said one evacuated resident: "It was just mind-blowing to ride a boat through my own neighborhood." The short-term forecast calls for flurries; meanwhile, ski areas are reveling in a bounty of fresh powder measured in feet, not inches.

A neighborhood near Farm District Road in Fernley, Nev., sits under flood waters on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2008, after flooding ravaged the area Saturday. State officals, Red Cross and FEMA assessors surveyed the area in a Nevada National Guard Chinook helicopter. (AP Photo/Brad Horn)
A neighborhood near Farm District Road in Fernley, Nev., sits under flood waters on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2008, after flooding ravaged the area Saturday. State officals, Red Cross and FEMA assessors surveyed...   (Associated Press)
The levee that broke, flooding homes in Fernley, Nev., and forcing evacuations Saturday, is in the process of being repaired on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2008. As many as 400 homes were damaged when the canal's bank gave way following heavy rainfall, produced by the West Coast storm system that had...
The levee that broke, flooding homes in Fernley, Nev., and forcing evacuations Saturday, is in the process of being repaired on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2008. As many as 400 homes were damaged when the canal's...   (Associated Press)
A neighboorhood near Farm District Road in Fernley, Nev., sits under flood waters as some residents collect valuables on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2008, after heavy flooding damaged homes and forced evacuations. As many as 400 homes were damaged when the canal's bank gave way following heavy rainfall produced by the...
A neighboorhood near Farm District Road in Fernley, Nev., sits under flood waters as some residents collect valuables on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2008, after heavy flooding damaged homes and forced evacuations....   (Associated Press)
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