Residents, businesses face flood aftermath on Hertel Avenue

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Homeowners and businesses on Hertel Avenue are still feeling the impact Friday after flash flooding turned the roadway into a waterway Thursday evening.

“I left around 6:30 p.m.; it probably started up around 7 p.m., and I just received messages like, ‘Hey, did you check on your shop? Are you okay? Are you okay?’ and I’m like, it was fine when I left,” Owner of Second Nature Barber Shop and Salon Darla Jones said.

Jones’ doorbell camera captured the knee-deep water filling Hertel Avenue from the shop’s location between Homer and Virgil Avenues. She went in Thursday morning to assess the damage…

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