Stories and photos on Tropical Storm Irene, pages 8-15
TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2011
VOL. 23 NO. 156
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Bartlett and Hart’s Location particularly hard hit by Sunday’s tropical storm; section of Route 302 may be closed for weeks BY ERIK EISELE THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
CONWAY — The remnants of Hurricane Irene blasted through the Mount Washington Valley on Sunday, destroying roads, flooding homes and forcing rescues from Conway to the notches. The almost five inches of rain in the valley and more than six and a half inches in the mountains caused rivers to surge. The Saco River went from flowing at less than 1,000 cubic feet per second to
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more than 30,000 cubic feet per second in a number of hours. The river was above 14 feet when the gauge failed. It’s unclear just how high it got during its peak, but the destruction it left in its wake was clear on Monday: Jericho Road in Bartlett flooded, washing away several camps and homes; 22 people had to be rescued from Transvale Acres in Conway as floods overwhelmed houses and trailers; officials closed Route 302 in Hart's Location after whole sections succumbed to the force of the water;
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and West Side Road and River Road were closed, cutting off most of the western portion of the Saco River valley. “Yesterday was a blur,” said Bartlett fire chief Pat Roberts. “We were absolutely inundated.” The mess was obvious on Monday, with houses along Route 302 still submerged and cars sitting askew along Jericho Road. “The rivers came up almost instantaneously,” Roberts said. “We had to rescue
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