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A levee holding back the Truckee
Canal in east Fernley burst early this morning flooding
an estimated 200 homes and stranding nearly 4,000 people
without a way out and electricity.
A state of emergency is in effect in the community
between Silver Springs and Reno in eastern Nevada.
The areas affected are Jenneys and Winnies lanes,
Picetti Way and Picetti, Maria and Johns courts and
surrounding streets.
An evacuation center has been set up at Fernley High
School and evacuations are underway.
"Helicopters are flying overhead and dropping people
back at the buses," for transport to the high school,
Fernley Mayor Todd Cuttler told KTVN-News in Reno. |
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