NATION/WORLD UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Monday, January 22,1996 5A Floods force people from homes The Associated Press Flooding on the Ohio River forced hundreds of people from their homes yesterday, while residents of flooded towns upstream in Pennsylvania and upstate New York scraped mud from soaked homes and businesses. The past week's burst of flooding, snow, ice and cold have been blamed for at least 35 deaths from the Plains to New England. In upstate New York, five members of one family died when a washed-out road sent their car into a reservoir. Yesterday President Clinton declared Pennsylvania a disaster area because of the flooding. The Ohio River crested yesterday at several spots along West Virginia's northern panhandle. Wheeling Island, a low-lying, urban enclave of some 9,000 residents connected by bridge to Wheeling, W.Va., was flooded as the Ohio River rose 11 feet out of its banks. "Every home on the island is damaged," said Gene Barker, Ohio County deputy director of emergency services. Island resident Thelma Schramm spent her 63rd birthday watching the flood from a fifth-floor hotel room. Jo DeBeni said that he had just finished remodeling his house. "We lost our motor home. We had to leave everything in the basement, all of our tools, our tractors, everything," DeBeni said. "It's gone. There's no insurance." Downstream, the Ohio River was 3 feet above flood level yesterday at Parkersburg, W.Va., forcing more people from their homes, and it was expected to rise an additional 3 feet. On the river's opposite bank, about 1,000 people had been evacuated in eastern Ohio'iJefferson County. Flooding had decreased and cleanup was under way yesterday in West Virginia and in much of Pennsylvania and New York. In Marlinton, W. Va., where the Greenbrier River crested about 10 feet above flood stage on Friday, National Guard soldiers helped haul away debris. About 100,000 residents of Wilkes Barre, Pa., were forced from their homes for more than 10 hours on Saturday. "Just about anything that could wash down from the upper end of the county has washed down into town," said State Police Sgt. J.K.Riff fle. Several bridges and roads were still closed in Harrisburg, Pa., where the Susquehanna River had begun falling slowly. Amtrak service between Harrisburg and Philadelphia was cut off by flooding east of the city. Harrisburg city spokesman Randy King urged listeners of a local radio station to stay out of the city. Yesterday along the Delaware River in eastern Pennsylvania's fashionable Bucks County, some riverfront businesses were flooded in New Hope, said Ray Hackman, the county's deputy emergency director. On the eastern side of the Delaware, most New Jersey residents evacuated Saturday were being allowed to return home. Alpha Omicron Pi Some women join a house. Others join a home. 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