The Peru Gazette

“The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recorded 6.97 inches of rain in Plattsburgh and 6.61 inches in Elizabethtown in less than a day. The river gage maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey near Au Sable Forks clocked the river’s pace on Aug. 28 at 46,500 cubic feet-per-second. Normal rainstorms push the river to run about 12,000 cubic feet-per-second. The Ausable reached 15.54 feet, over 8 feet above flood stage, clocking in with a recurrence interval greater than 500 years.”

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