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Flood Warning issued September 20 at 9:40AM EDT until September 20 at 2:40PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers...
St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring.
* WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHEN...Until this afternoon.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 8:40 AM EDT Sunday the stage was 13.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to fall slowly this afternoon, falling below flood stage later this evening. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.

Saturday, October 5th, 2013

Photo by Mark Pummell/The Daily Standard

A farmer harvests soybeans in an area field near a woods. Woodlands are more scarce locally than in other areas of Ohio mainly because the acres are needed to fill a shortage of available farmland, experts say.

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Trees disappearing as area farms continue to branch out

GRAND LAKE AREA - More than two-thirds of forests dotting the local countryside have vanished in the last 70 years.

Cornstalks, soybean plants and grazing pastures now exist on thousands of farmland acres that once were home to towering maples, oaks and other trees. [More]

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