Flooding shuts down Akron-Canton Airport

July 19, 2011 at 11:53a.m.

GREEN, Ohio (AP) — Flooding is shutting down all commercial flights at Akron-Canton Airport.

Heavy rains swamped the main terminal’s basement late Monday night, knocking out its power.

All inbound and outbound commercial flights are being halted.

Airport officials say a few flights did take off this morning, but they’ve now shut down operations to pump out nearly six inches of water from the terminal.

They tell WEWS-TV in Cleveland that it will take at least several hours to clear out the water.

The National Weather Service says about 4.7 inches of rain fell at the Akron-Canton Airport in three hours overnight.