More than six inches of rain caused flooding and damage at many locations across the city on Wednesday night, August 13th. The damaged included the following:
- Flooding and sewage backup at Portland’s City Hall and Merrill Auditorium, which had to be cleaned up for a concert later this week.
- A street collapse at High Street, between York and Commercial Streets, across from Becky’y Diner.
- Flooding at the Deering Oaks Pond on Park Avenue and at various locations in the Parkside neighborhood.
- Cars were reported floating in the area of the H.P. Hood milk processing plant on Park Avenue, and flooding at the LaQuinta Suites Hotel in that neighborhood, where 200 guests were evacuated.
- Flooding on Marginal Way in the area around Trader Joe’s.
- People reported being stranded in their car as it filled with water at the bottom of Danforth Street in the West End.
- Firefighters rescued three people who were stranded in cars.
- Some flooding was reported in businesses on Congress Street.
- The Residence Inn on East End was flooded on the ground floor.
- The annual West End Neighborhood Association potluck picnic, which had been scheduled to take place earlier in the evening, was cancelled.
- Thirteen manhole covers were blown off during the storm and later replaced.
