Helicopter and boat rescues near Reno
(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. More»
