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Businesses survey the damage following flash flooding in Susquehanna County

Rushing water quickly turned parking lots into rivers as business owners in Clifford Township had to work fast to keep their inventory and stores safe from flooding.

SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY, Pa. — Remnants of mud and muck can still be seen across the floors and parking lot of Clifford Beverage on Monday after flash flooding surrounded the business along Route 106 over the weekend.

"It was just like that. It took my two coolers, believe it or not, dumped them in front of my door. I couldn't get out. I couldn't go in, and he couldn't get out," said Tammy Kohinsky, Clifford Beverage.

Owner Tammy Kohinsky says the water left her and her husband stuck inside the business for hours on Sunday.

Once the water receded, they were left cleaning up the mess.

"It's just kind of devastating. It's my very first business. I had it for four years, and then this started happening," said Kohinsky.

"We moved things out in skid steers and pickup trucks, diesel trucks, and my friends and family came up and helped out, and it was just a waiting game," said Bill Wagner, Wagner's Clifford Pharmacy.

Just across Dundaff Creek, Bill Wagner, owner of Wagner's Clifford Pharmacy, worked to get the store back up and running after being flooded twice, "We had a huge wave of water come across the road, but thankfully, we didn't get any mud or water into the pharmacy," he said.

And until things are clear, Wagner asks people to stay home, "The best thing you can do is just give us a chance to get stuff back on the shelves. Clean up the parking lot; get the mud out of here."

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