Storms and flooding across the United States' upper Midwest have left 25 people dead and hundreds of homes under water, local media reported Thursday according to DPA. The National Weather Service had reported flooding or warned of flooding in the states of Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. Ohio Governor Ted Strickland was one of several governors in the region to declare a state of emergency. In Findlay, Ohio broadcast images showed streets filled with water and residents being rescued from their homes in small boats. Flooding was expected to intensify in Ohio on Thursday as the Blanchard River was predicted to crest, the Toldeo Blade newspaper reported. Further rain was expected through the weekend, the newspaper said. Commentators were calling the flooding the worst in a century, and the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper in Ohio said river levels were higher than during an infamous 1913 flood in the same area. The 25 deaths across the region were reported as a result of the floods, CNN said.
