A body was found Monday night on the banks of Chartiers Creek, less than two miles from where a Carnegie man was swept away in the flood-swollen creek over the weekend.
Allegheny County homicide detectives said no identification was found on the body of a white man that was discovered about 7:30 p.m. Police hope to identify the body today using fingerprints. The coroner's office will conduct an autopsy.
Authorities believe Dennis Santiago, 35, drowned after he lost his grip on a tree and slipped into the swirling floodwaters at 5 a.m. Saturday as rescuers were attempting to reach him.
Santiago's grief-stricken family was holding out hope that the deaf man might be found alive. His would be the only death in Allegheny County directly related to Friday's flooding.
The body was spotted by a father and son who were canoeing on the creek. The body was near the creek on a steep hillside next to the Crafton Industrial Village on West Steuben Street. Less than two miles downstream from Carnegie, the site is below an iron bridge that carries Steuben Street over the creek, connecting Robinson and Crafton. It was a short distance upstream from the Thornburg Bridge.
At least 4,000 homes and businesses in the region were damaged or destroyed by weekend flooding, and the number is bound to rise.
= In Allegheny County, Chief Executive Dan Onorato said Monday that at least 2,500 structures were damaged in Allegheny County, and buildings in some hard-hit areas have yet to be counted.
Onorato said it is too early to put a dollar amount on the damage, and the county is focused on sending workers and equipment to help local municipalities clean up the worst of the damage and debris.
Allegheny County Emergency Services Director Bob Full said people in some areas still are awaiting help.
"There are some that we have yet to touch, but we definitely want them to not lose hope. We will be there," he said.
Onorato said it is not known when federal disaster relief centers will open or where they will be, but he pledged county support to residents and business owners to help them apply for grants and loans.
In Butler County, Frank Matis, director of emergency services, said that as of yesterday, 18 homes were reported destroyed, 120 had major damage and 150 had minor damage. Several bridges remained closed Monday, and the Monroe Road Bridge in Buffalo was swept away by Bear Creek. "I don't know if there has ever been a flood more damaging than this one," said Matis, who has been an emergency services director for 24 years.
In Beaver County, Emergency Management Director Wes Hill said 50 homes were destroyed or had severe damage, while about 450 more had less damage. "These numbers are growing daily," he said. At the Green Garden Plaza in Hopewell, "there's pretty much a total loss to all those businesses," Hill said. "Some of those small streams that don't even have a name became raging rivers."
In Washington County, the borough building in Houston took on 7 feet of water from Chartiers Creek, and Millers Run dumped a similar amount into the basement of Cecil's new municipal building, said Jeff Yates, Washington County director of emergency management. Cross Creek swept eight garages away. "The only thing that was left were a handful of cinder blocks," Yates said. In all, 105 buildings were destroyed -- including 75 mobile homes in Slovan -- and 96 buildings had major damage, while another 602 suffered minor damage. Yates said much of the damage in the largely rural county has as yet to be assessed, including washed-out secondary roads and private bridges that were destroyed.
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My finane' got a pager this morning. It is awful sad news of his friend died! They found Dennis's body
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_252991.html
Allegheny County homicide detectives said no identification was found on the body of a white man that was discovered about 7:30 p.m. Police hope to identify the body today using fingerprints. The coroner's office will conduct an autopsy.
Authorities believe Dennis Santiago, 35, drowned after he lost his grip on a tree and slipped into the swirling floodwaters at 5 a.m. Saturday as rescuers were attempting to reach him.
Santiago's grief-stricken family was holding out hope that the deaf man might be found alive. His would be the only death in Allegheny County directly related to Friday's flooding.
The body was spotted by a father and son who were canoeing on the creek. The body was near the creek on a steep hillside next to the Crafton Industrial Village on West Steuben Street. Less than two miles downstream from Carnegie, the site is below an iron bridge that carries Steuben Street over the creek, connecting Robinson and Crafton. It was a short distance upstream from the Thornburg Bridge.
At least 4,000 homes and businesses in the region were damaged or destroyed by weekend flooding, and the number is bound to rise.
= In Allegheny County, Chief Executive Dan Onorato said Monday that at least 2,500 structures were damaged in Allegheny County, and buildings in some hard-hit areas have yet to be counted.
Onorato said it is too early to put a dollar amount on the damage, and the county is focused on sending workers and equipment to help local municipalities clean up the worst of the damage and debris.
Allegheny County Emergency Services Director Bob Full said people in some areas still are awaiting help.
"There are some that we have yet to touch, but we definitely want them to not lose hope. We will be there," he said.
Onorato said it is not known when federal disaster relief centers will open or where they will be, but he pledged county support to residents and business owners to help them apply for grants and loans.
In Butler County, Frank Matis, director of emergency services, said that as of yesterday, 18 homes were reported destroyed, 120 had major damage and 150 had minor damage. Several bridges remained closed Monday, and the Monroe Road Bridge in Buffalo was swept away by Bear Creek. "I don't know if there has ever been a flood more damaging than this one," said Matis, who has been an emergency services director for 24 years.
In Beaver County, Emergency Management Director Wes Hill said 50 homes were destroyed or had severe damage, while about 450 more had less damage. "These numbers are growing daily," he said. At the Green Garden Plaza in Hopewell, "there's pretty much a total loss to all those businesses," Hill said. "Some of those small streams that don't even have a name became raging rivers."
In Washington County, the borough building in Houston took on 7 feet of water from Chartiers Creek, and Millers Run dumped a similar amount into the basement of Cecil's new municipal building, said Jeff Yates, Washington County director of emergency management. Cross Creek swept eight garages away. "The only thing that was left were a handful of cinder blocks," Yates said. In all, 105 buildings were destroyed -- including 75 mobile homes in Slovan -- and 96 buildings had major damage, while another 602 suffered minor damage. Yates said much of the damage in the largely rural county has as yet to be assessed, including washed-out secondary roads and private bridges that were destroyed.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/trib/pittsburgh/s_253352.html
My finane' got a pager this morning. It is awful sad news of his friend died! They found Dennis's body
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_252991.html
Knew him from NTID in early 90s. Wow... so sorry to hear that.
