Waters carve local landscape

Waters carve local landscape

By Mary Hill mhill@titusvilleherald.com Thursday, June 26, 2014 4:06 AM EDT

Titusville residents coped with flooded property and washed out roads and bridges Tuesday night into Wednesday after a series of thunderstorms rumbled through the Oil Region, dumping between 2 1/2 to 5 inches of rain in some areas.

And, Titusville made national TV news Wednesday morning when the region's storm damage was featured on ABC's "Good Morning, America."

Many city roads were closed late Tuesday and early Wednesday, but became passable later in the day Wednesday.

Titusville Police Chief Gary Thomas said about 2 1/2 inches of rain fell Tuesday night.

"We kept updating our Facebook page with [street] closings," he said.

Due to the amount of rain that fell in a short period of time, some Titusville residents and business experienced flooding in their basements.

Kirby Macquarrie, a bartender and maintenance employee at Boonie's Sports Bar, on Diamond Street, said the establishment's basement was flooded.

Macquarrie said that, at one point, there were 8 to 10 inches of water in the basement.

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Waters carve local landscape