Floods, fires and storms disrupt homes and roads across the United States

In Pataskala during the overnight flooding, Robert Thomas said his trailer and neighboring trailers were under four feet of water within 20 minutes. A tree limb had crashed through his roof. “This is the scariest thing I've ever been through,” the resident told The Columbus Dispatch.

The warnings had begun in Carroll County, Indiana, on the afternoon of August 19. By evening, the weather service had issued a flash flood warning carrying a considerable damage threat for Logan County, Ohio. Licking County lay within the broader flooding area marked 1 on the map.

In Pataskala, police and firefighters began evacuations around 1:15 a.m. on August 20, The Newark Advocate reported. Crews also evacuated riverside residents in Buckeye Lake and Newark. Elsewhere in Licking County that day, emergency crews conducted water rescues after people drove into flooded areas, according to the same newspaper.

By daylight, leaving home was not an option for some residents of Pataskala's Bright Waters subdivision: high water blocked their way out, The Columbus Dispatch reported. The newspaper also documented a washed-away portion of Beaver Run Road that day. The Newark Advocate reported that shelters opened in Heath and Hebron, with additional shelter assistance in Newark and Buckeye Lake.

As of 11:30 a.m. on August 20, Licking County interim Emergency Management Director John Wieber told The Newark Advocate he was not aware of any flood injuries. More broadly, reporting reviewed for this flooding found no death or injury reported. That finding does not diminish the disruption documented in damaged homes, rescues and impassable roads.

Near Prineville on August 5, U.S. Highway 26 remained closed while crews dealt with falling rocks and fire-weakened trees, the Oregon State Fire Marshal reported. Firefighters were also preparing a forest road for a burnout intended to create a protective buffer between the Rowe Creek Complex and the city's eastern edge.

The Oregon fires marked 2 on the map were separate incidents, with county agencies issuing the emergency messages. In Josephine County on the evening of August 4, the sheriff sent an immediate evacuation order and then a separate notice telling residents to be set to evacuate. Those messages should not be read as a single fire advancing across Oregon.

By August 7, a Red Cross shelter for the Rowe Creek Complex was operating at East Side Church in Prineville, according to Central Oregon Fire Information. Its update reported 357,895 acres burned across the complex, not a total confined to Crook County.

Separately, near Ruch on August 6, the Jackson County Sheriff's Office issued readiness notices for the Woodrat Mountain Fire, including: “Jackson County Sheriff's Office: Level 2 BE SET / Nivel 2 ESTÉ LISTO - Woodrat Mtn Fire”. Medford Alert News reported that Jacksonville Elementary School opened as a shelter for people and small domestic pets. Livestock shelter was provided at the Jackson County Expo Fairgrounds in Central Point.

By the morning of August 7, firefighters had built fire line around the entire Woodrat Mountain Fire, which more accurate mapping placed at 282 acres, Medford Alert News reported. Officials cautioned that extensive work remained before the fire could be considered secure; the sheriff also issued an immediate evacuation order that day. Across the Oregon incidents covered here, the reporting and official updates reviewed found no death or injury reported.