Flash flooding victims get help from their community

MILLVALE, Pa. — Residents in Millvale are getting much-needed help after flash flooding damaged their homes earlier this week.

One after the other, flood victims came to the Millvale Community Center on Saturday for help, picking up cases of water, cleaning supplies and food.

"If you're a flood victim, we need you to come here, because we have help for you and we will be with you till the end," said Janet Zipf, flood relief coordinator.

Zipf told Channel 11 this community center is the go-to place after last week's flooding devastated Millvale once again.

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In addition to providing supplies, meals are also being served there.

There's also a desperate need for big items such as furnaces and hot water tanks, as well as plumbers to snake drains in flooded homes.

"We've got a handful of houses right now and if we put the word out, we can certainly get a lot more because I know there's a lot of people that their basements are just packed with mud and packed with other debris and they really can't get the water out," said Brian Wolovich of Millvale.

The community center will be back open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday so volunteers can once again distribute cleaning supplies to flood victims.

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