High water woes

High water was a problem all weekend in Van Wert and Paulding counties, from cars hydroplaning on county roads, to stranded bicyclists from the Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure to high water in a number of areas, including flooding in Payne and Willshire. Above, a man rows a boat in the Payne area because of flooding, while (below) a car is half submerged in a ditch along U.S. 224 in Van Wert County (with a rainbow in the background). (Payne photo by Russell LaBounty, while the photo below is by Beth Marchek)