Floodwaters damage many Greater Cincinnati businesses trying to recover from pandemic Share Updated: 5:29 PM EDT Jul 1, 2021 Share Updated: 5:29 PM EDT Jul 1, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript AND OF SIGN IS BACKUP, CLOSED DUE TO WATER DAMAGE FROM STO.RM CELL PHONE VIDEO SENT TO US FROM MT. LOOKOUT LOOK LEDIKE THE FILM CREW FOR DELIVERCEAN COULD HAVE SHOT A NIGHTTIME WHITEWATER RAPIDS SCENE. THE RUSHING WATER COVERED EVYER SQUARE INCH OF THE WOODEN DINGNI ROOM, BAR AND KITCHEN AT ZIP’S, HOME OF THE FAMOUS ZIP BURGER. >> I WAS TOLD IT’S THREE TO FOUR DAYS AT LEAST JUST TO DRY THINGS OUT. AND TH'A’S THE FIRST ST.EP JOHN: CELL PHONE VIDEO SE FROM EDWARDS IN HYDE PARK SHOWS HOW SHOP OWNERS COULDN’T EVEN STEP IN LAST NIGHT UNTIL THE WATER RECEDED. CLOTHING WAS HIGH ENOUGH AT CASTLE HOUSE, BUT FLOORING MIGHT AS WELL BE A RIVER B.ED >> I THINK IT’S ALL VERY SURREAL AT THIS POINT. I’M STILL PROCESNGSI. WE DID THIS FOUR YEARS AGO AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN. JOHN: THE SOUNDS OF CLEANUP FILLED TODAY'S’R.AI THE RETURN OF AN AFTERNOON DOWNPOUR WAS AN UNWELCOME SIGHT. A GROUND FLOOR APARTMENT ON OBSERVATORY HAD WATER COMING IN FROM EVERY DIRECONTI >> I GRABBED AS MANY THINGS AS I COULD AND I JUMPED IN MY CARND A LEFT. JOHN: LEFTOVER FLASH FLOOD DEBRIS DOTTED DELTA, LINWOOD, EDWARDS AND LEFT THE SEWERS STUFFED. THEY COULDN’T HANDLE THE SUDDEN SURGE. BUSINESSES LIKE ZIP’S CAFE ARE WATER-WEARY AND WANT A PERMANENT FI >> I HAVE A CALL INTO MSD ALREADY, BECAUSE IT’S A KNOWN ISSUE AROUND HERE. SEEMS TO HAPPEN MORE AND MORE FREQUENT.LY JO: HN IT’S NOT JUST DRYING OUT. ZIP’S AND SOME OTHER PCELA NEED TO KNOW HOW MUCIS SALVAGEABLE AND MUCH WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED IN THE LONG RUN