Rain brings damage throughout region

States of emergency were declared in Portage and Summit counties.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
More relentless storms left two people dead, flooded many people out of their homes and caused millions of dollars in property damage in rain-soaked Northeast Ohio.
Another set of storms was predicted to drench northern Ohio again today, said National Weather Service meteorologist Kirk Lombardy.
A man and a teenage boy were found dead Tuesday morning, trapped by rising water in an underground parking garage at the Versailles Condominiums in Hudson, about 20 miles southeast of Cleveland.
The Summit County Medical Examiner's office identified one of the victims as June Young Pak, 18, a resident at the condominiums. The other victim was identified as Chris Kirby, who was in his 50s, according to Hudson City Manager Michael Morton and police Sgt. Mike Wilmot.
"June was a wonderful teenager, a spirit who should have had a chance to live," said Randi Tolley, whose children were friends with Pak. "He just graduated a month ago, and now he's gone."
About 100 people were evacuated from the condos and taken to temporary shelter at a high school. Hudson officials said the condominiums are unsafe because of toxic gases produced by car gasoline and other hazardous materials in the water.
States of emergency
The incessant rain caused Portage and Summit counties to declare states of emergency Tuesday, a day after storms began moving across Ohio.
Three bridges serving 140 units of an Akron apartment complex were washed out, stranding about 200 residents.
About 100 residents of the Timber Top Apartments had been relocated by Tuesday night, city spokesman Mark Williamson said. Workers were constructing a makeshift road to reach people who were stranded.
Residents had been stuck since Monday night, when a brook below the bridges swelled because of heavy rain and swallowed the structures, said Fire Lt. Al Bragg. A 45-minute hike through dense woods behind the complex provided the only other way out, he said.
Ashley Heeney, 25, took that hike Tuesday with three other residents.
"We had a hard time staying afoot," she said. "We were slipping and sliding. We were holding onto trees. It was pretty dangerous."
Michael Moser, the director of public health for the city of Akron, ordered apartment residents to leave by noon Wednesday after a water main break spilled raw sewage into the area.
Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic declared a state of emergency for the city.
Towpath, railroad damage
At the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, damage to the towpath was extensive and soil was washed out from the Cuyahoga Valley Railroad tracks, Superintendent John Debo said.
"In some places, the track is suspended in the air 6 feet," Debo said. "We've had flood events, but nothing else like this in the 15 years I've been here."
Estimated repair costs for the park are $500,000 to $1 million, he said.
In Portage County, two neighborhoods, including a mobile home park, were evacuated due to flooding and residents were being shuttled to shelters set up in local schools, county Commissioner Christopher Smeiles said.