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In 1990, the small town of Shadyside, Ohio, located on the Ohio River near the West Virginia border, was destroyed by a flood wave that ranged from 10 to 30 feet high. The phenomenal flooding was caused by around four inches of rain that fell in just one hour and 15 minutes. The flash flood killed 26 and caused between six and eight million dollars damage.

 


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