{"id":52731,"date":"2015-06-18T21:30:58","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T01:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=52731"},"modified":"2020-12-26T19:25:31","modified_gmt":"2020-12-27T00:25:31","slug":"city-of-fort-wayne-845-pm-flood-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2015\/06\/18\/city-of-fort-wayne-845-pm-flood-update\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Fort Wayne: 8:45 pm Flood Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

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News release from the City of Fort Wayne:<\/p>\n

City of Fort Wayne: 8:45 pm Flood Update<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(June 18, 2015) – The St. Marys River continues to rise and is not expected to crest until 8:00 p.m. tomorrow at 19.9 feet. City staff will work through the night to continue flood flighting efforts.<\/p>\n

This evening, volunteers are continuing to sandbag in the Belle Vista Neighborhood and the 2600 block Freeman.<\/p>\n

Today, Friday, June 19th, beginning at 9:00 a.m. we are asking for volunteers to fill sandbags at the City of Fort Wayne Street Dept, 1701 S Lafayette Street.\u00c2\u00a0Football teams from Wayne High School and Bishop Dwenger High School will also be assisting in our sandbagging efforts.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, more than 300 volunteers helped by sandbagging at five locations and filling bags at the Street Department. Area residents, families and groups turned out to sandbag at three different neighborhood locations. Approximately 130 volunteers helped between the locations today.<\/p>\n

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Groups that participated<\/strong>:<\/p>\n