Cold Winter Relief Efforts Near Middletown
About a dozen guardsmen have operated west of the city since yesterday to reach isolated homes without gas or electric power. Snowdrifts up to 15 feet on Dickey Road impede movement. one guard truck and a milk tanker are stuck. Guards haul fuel and food to affected families as 65 guardsmen work countywide, with crews from the 112th Transportation Battalion dispatched via Middletown police.
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Blizzard aftermath slows Middletown cleanup efforts
In Middletown area a blizzard left roads impassable in Butler and Warren counties. Officials reported progress digging out as winds subsided and temperatures are expected to stay in the low teens to zero with slight precipitation. Roads remain hazardous and many events and businesses canceled while crews continue plowing and aiding emergency responses. Residents urged to stay indoors and check on elderly neighbors as crews work long shifts to restore access.
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Weekend Weather Break With Warmer Temps Expected
A slight weather break is due this weekend as winds diminish and temperatures improve. Forecasts show a low around five above and a high near twenty tomorrow with no snow accumulations. The prior day’s official high in Middletown was ten, and the low this morning was seven.
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Floods from blizzard fury hit regions reeling from snow
Widespread floods and record low barometers followed a killer storm system. Ohio declared a federal state of emergency as the Midwest faced massive snowfall, high winds and tangled travel. The storm stranded thousands, closed schools and roads, and caused dozens of deaths in multiple states.
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Babies bring dramatic breech birth and snow bound arrivals
In a winter tale from Ohio, Jeffrey Thomas Pugh was born in a banquet room of the Imperial House South after a four wheel drive life squad rushed through snow to Kettering Memorial Hospital. His breech birth marked a brave delivery by Paramedic Sandy Carpenter. The Downing and Baker births followed amid stuck plows, foot carries, and multiple life squad responders.
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