Flood damages Pullman businesses

Heavy rain sparked flooding in the Palouse on Tuesday night, damaging businesses and homes in Pullman and trapping at least a few people in businesses until they could be rescued.

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Wed., April 10, 2019

Parley Pearce, of Walla Walla, stands in the doorway of a building he owns at 745 N. Grand Ave. in Pullman on Wednesday, April 10, 2019, showing how one of his tenant’s businesses – a nail salon – was torn up during a flash flood the previous night. Firefighters smashed a window to rescue employees who were inside laying sandbags. “These are really hard-working people,” Pearce said. “I hate to see this happen to them.”

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Parley Pearce, of Walla Walla, stands in the doorway of a building he owns at 745 N. Grand Ave. in Pullman on Wednesday, April 10, 2019, after helping clean out a tenant’s property that was damaged by flooding the previous night.

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Parley Pearce, of Walla Walla, stands in the doorway of a building he owns at 745 N. Grand Ave. in Pullman on Wednesday, April 10, 2019, after helping clean out a tenant’s property that was damaged by flooding the previous night.

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The alley behind a building at 745 N. Grand Ave. in Pullman is seen still holding water on Wednesday, April 10, 2019, after a flash flood the previous night.

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Parley Pearce, of Walla Walla, is reflected in the window of a building he owns at 745 N. Grand Ave. in Pullman on Wednesday, April 10, 2019. He gestures at one of his tenant’s businesses, a nail salon that was damaged by flooding the previous night. “These are really hard-working people,” Pearce said. “I hate to see this happen to them.”

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After pulling mud and debris from the wheels of her car on Wednesday, April 10, 2019, Kylee Gehring shares a photo taken the previous evening, when the vehicle was partially submerged during a flash flood in the 700 block of North Grand Avenue in Pullman.

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Kylee Gehring digs mud and debris out of her car on Wednesday, April 10, 2019, after it was flooded on Tuesday night in Pullman.

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The Missouri Flat Creek is seen Wednesday, April 10, 2019, in Pullman.

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Alanna Bagunski helps dig mud and debris off her friend Kylee Gehring’s car on Wednesday, April 10, 2019, after it was flooded on Tuesday night in Pullman.

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Heavy rain caused flooding in Pullman on Tuesday evening.

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A hallway in the building that houses Snap Fitness, 745 N. Grand Ave. in Pullman, is covered in mud on Wednesday, April 10, 2019, the morning after Missouri Flat Creek flooded and damaged several businesses.

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Wheat stubble and other debris is seen tangled in the wheels of an SUV on Wednesday, April 10, 2019, after a flash flood in Pullman the previous evening.

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A shoe was left behind in the building that houses Snap Fitness, 745 N. Grand Ave. in Pullman, on Wednesday, April 10, 2019, the morning after Missouri Flat Creek flooded and damaged several businesses.

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A flash flood carried a small car into the side of the building that houses Snap Fitness, 745 N. Grand Ave. in Pullman, seen Wednesday, April 10, 2019, the morning after Missouri Flat Creek flooded and damaged several businesses.

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Crystal Gayles, owner of the Rollys ice cream shop at 745 N. Grand Ave. in Pullman, gestures at muddy water in her shop on Wednesday, April 10, 2019, the morning after Missouri Flat Creek flooded and damaged several businesses.

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