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A DIFFERENT KIND OF ROCKY SUBSTANCE HAS BEEN CAUSING A STIR ACROSS THE EAST COAST AND MIDWEST. ICE. YEP, FROZEN WATER HAS BEEN CAUSING TROUBLE – IN THE FORM OF ICE JAMS.
THERE IS TOO MUCH ICE ON A LOT OF RIVERS. AND IT’S NOT SITTING STILL. THE DAM OF ICE LEAVES NO ROOM FOR THE WATER AND PUSHES IT OUT ONTO THE LAND, CAUSING DANGEROUS FLOODING.
REPORTER KATELYNN ULRICH VISITED ONE SUCH ICE JAM IN UPSTATE NEW YORK.
MAN: "2010 PRETTY SIMILAR EVENT. NOT AS MUCH FLOODING AS THIS EVENT."
KATELYNN: MORE THAN 20 HOMES, EVACUATED.
RICKY PROVOST: "THESE HOUSES WERE ALL EVACUATED. THAT HOUSE RIGHT THERE WE TOOK EIGHT PEOPLE OUT OF IT LAST NIGHT."
MORE THAN 30 RESIDENTS FORCED TO FLEE.
RICKY PROVOST: "THIS IS ABOUT THE WORST SECTION."
ALL AFTER AN ICE JAM ON THE SALMON RIVER BROKE AROUND MIDNIGHT SATURDAY IN THE TOWN OF FORT COVINGTON.
RICKY PROVOST: "WITHIN ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES ALL THESE PLACES FLOODED."
LOREN WYLIE: "GET DRESSED AND GET OUT. STAND BACK AND WATCH IT. IT'S ALL YOU CAN DO."
KATELYNN ULRICH: "RESIDENTS HERE SAY THE FLOODING HAS GONE DOWN SINCE MIDNIGHT BUT IF YOU TAKE A LOOK WHEN YOU TRY TO WALK AROUND, THERE IS STILL A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF WATER."
LOREN WYLIE: "IT WAS JUST A RIVER COMING ACROSS THERE. NOTHING BUT WATER AND ICE."
NAT SOUND:
RICKY PROVOST: "BUT THE RIVER IS OVER THERE BY THE RAILROAD TRACKS. THIS IS A YARD. SEE THE WINDOWS THAT BROKE OUT FROM THAT HOUSE?"
OFFICIALS SAY THE FLOODING EXTENDS FAR BEYOND THE SALMON RIVER.
RICKY PROVOST: "THAT GOES ALL THE WAY AROUND THE CORNER AND IT FROZE ALL THE WAY TO THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER."
AND THEY SAY THE DROPPING TEMPERATURES WILL IMPACT ALL OF THE STANDING WATER.
RICKY PROVOST: "IT WILL BE FROZEN A LOT MORE THAN IT IS RIGHT NOW."
AS FOR WHAT'S NEXT, THEY SAY THEY HAVE TO WAIT FOR NATURE TO TAKE ITS COURSE.
RICKY PROVOST: "REALLY WE HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE HOW MUCH FREEZES UP AND WHEN THE WATER GOES DOWN AND WE'RE NOT EXPECTING IT ANY TIME SOON."
THANKS KATELYNN. WE’VE GOT AN ICE JAM HERE IN OHIO AND IT’S A BIG ONE. CHECK OUT THIS VIEW OF THE ICE JAM IN PORT CLINTON, OHIO – THE LAKE ERIE HARBOR TURNED INTO A MOUNTAIN OF ICE BLOCKS. CRAZY.