Ivan leaves behind a waterlogged mess

Ivan has caused 45 deaths in the United States.
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) -- Doug Patterson spent part of Saturday shoveling a wall of sand along the outside of the bank where his wife works, one of a small army of people working to protect businesses from the rising Ohio River, swollen by the rain from Hurricane Ivan.
Across the street, water covered the city's riverfront park and amphitheater so deeply that only the very tips of light poles and trees marked its location.
"The whole place is pretty messed up, to be honest with you," said Patterson, 43.
As the broad area of rain that remained from Ivan streamed off through New England on the way to the North Atlantic, the National Weather Service predicted the Ohio River would crest today at 46 feet, about 10 feet above flood stage and close to its record.
By early afternoon Saturday, it was already at 41.7 feet, the National Weather Service said. The river had submerged the northern tip and southern half of the city's Wheeling Island, which holds residential neighborhoods and Wheeling Island Racetrack and Gaming.
"We've been plucking people out of here left and right," firefighter David Schaffer said. "People are waiting until the last minute, and then they see the water come up and they get panicked."
Deaths from storm
Ivan has been blamed for 45 deaths in the United States, 16 of them in Florida. The storm also was blamed for 70 deaths in the Caribbean.
On Saturday, President Bush declared disaster areas in Georgia and North Carolina, where the storm caused heavy flooding in some areas and at least 12 deaths. Bush previously declared disasters in Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and Florida, freeing up federal money for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans and other programs.
Utility companies said more than 1.1 million homes and businesses still had no electricity Saturday from Florida north to Pennsylvania.
In eastern Ohio, about 1,500 people in Belmont County remained out of their homes Saturday, said Julie Hinds, a spokeswoman with the Ohio Emergency Management Agency. Shelters in the county were serving 50 to 100 residents, she said.
Without water
There were waterline breaks throughout the county, and an undetermined number of people were without water Saturday night, said Rob Glenn, Ohio EMA spokesman. At least 2,700 households were told to boil their water before drinking it.
Brad Johnston, operations chief of the Belmont County EMA, said the situation there was "absolutely hideous, getting worse."
Authorities were searching for a teenage girl from Barton who was last seen walking at 3 p.m. Saturday, at the time when water was rising quickly, Johnston said.
Glenn surveyed Belmont County by helicopter Sunday and said he saw a boat in a tree and a 200-foot hole in one section of state Route 40.
Some residents were rescued from homes and the tops of cars, and authorities evacuated an undetermined number of people in at least four counties. Emergency shelters were opened as up to 51/2 inches of rain fell.
The weather was blamed for at least one death.
Frederick Harris Jr., 37, of Toronto, was killed when his car hydroplaned on state Route 7 in Steubenville and hit a guardrail, Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper James Danaher said.
In Marietta, streets along the Ohio and Muskingum rivers flooded Saturday, soaking several businesses, said Mike Cullums, spokesman for the Washington County Emergency Management Agency.
"About a third of downtown Marietta is already under water and it's going to get somewhat worse," he said.
Pupils go home
About 115 pupils spent Friday night at Amesville Elementary in southeast Ohio after flood waters surrounded the school. They were allowed to go home Saturday.
In Pennsylvania, rivers swollen by Ivan crested in Pittsburgh on Saturday evening as Gov. Ed Rendell expanded his request for federal flood aid to 34 counties and authorities said one person died after falling into floodwaters while awaiting rescue.
"Tropical Depression Ivan hit much of the Commonwealth particularly hard and it is important to be proactive in responding to emergency needs that may arise," Governor Rendell said. "The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency is in contact with our county emergency operations centers and will continue to assist in coordination of recovery efforts."
The storm dumped a one-day record 5.95 inches of rain on Pittsburgh International Airport on Friday, spawning flash floods from creeks and smaller tributaries of rivers including the Allegheny, Beaver, Monongahela, Ohio and Youghiogheny.
Many of the western Pennsylvania rivers flooded or threatened to Saturday before cresting at 31 feet -- 6 feet above flood stage -- at Point State Park at the confluence of Pittsburgh's three rivers shortly after 6 p.m., the National Weather Service said.
The rivers crested a half-foot lower and two hours sooner than forecast -- and that was good news for Pittsburgh's downtown businesses which tend to flood above the 31-foot level. The water stopped rising about four feet below the level at which the city's sports stadiums, both along the north shore of the Allegheny River, would have flooded, and the New York Mets-Pittsburgh Pirates game at PNC Park went off as scheduled.
Deaths
In Carnegie, just outside of Pittsburgh, a hearing-impaired man fell into the floodwaters while waiting to be rescued, and authorities said he had been confirmed dead although his body had not been recovered. His name was not immediately released.
Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Jeanne battered the Dominican Republic before heading to the Bahamas where the tempest, which has killed at least nine people, began to churn seas and stir deadly storm surges Saturday.
Jeanne lost strength as it drove thousands of Dominicans from their homes by late Friday. But a few hours after being downgraded to a tropical depression, it strengthened again into a tropical storm with lashing winds.