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Vol. 11, No. 37, Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Sunday night flash flood in Lamont wreaks havoc

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Mother Nature wreaked havoc on Lamont Sunday night. There were reports of heavy rain and wash outs with reports of between three and eight inches of rain falling in the span of half an hour. Sandi Maschmeyer, Chief Administrative Officer for the Town of Lamont described the scene as a “monsoon flowing through town” as she witnessed some of the after math of the storm around 10 p.m. Maschmeyer said this was the worst flood in the 30 years she has been with the Town of Lamont. The system just couldnʼt handle the torrential downpour, and even the town office basement received four inches of water. There have been several reports of flooded basements with sewers backing up. The picture above on the left is the view of an alley facing south towards Secondary Highway 831. The entire main street was submerged in water.

This is the view of the ditch beside Webbʼs Machinery facing north towards Highway 15.

This is the view of the entrance to the Campbell subdivision facing west. On the left, is one of the townʼs two lift stations.


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