First responders in yellow high-visibility jackets and helmets wading through deep floodwaters to reach a partially submerged black car.

East Side flooding leaves one dead, three injured after torrential rain in Hamilton County

The Cincinnati Fire Department confirmed one fatality and at least three injuries after flash flooding struck communities on Cincinnati’s East Side and neighboring Fairfax.  Officials said several inches of rain fell in a short period, sending water rushing into low-lying neighborhoods and causing Duck Creek to overflow.  Emergency crews rescued stranded residents from vehicles and…

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