KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A woman was rescued Monday after she was found hanging onto a tree near Indian Creek after a morning of flash floods in Kansas City.
At about 12:50 p.m., units with KCFD were called to the area of West 101st Terrace on the south side of Kansas City on reports of a water rescue, just north of Indian Creek and the Indian Creek trail.
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Battalion Chief Michael Hopkins told FOX4 that emergency responders found a woman hanging onto a tree after she had gotten stuck in the floodwaters.
“We received a call from somebody who was walking by or maybe out of these apartments that heard a lady out in the water screaming for help,” Chief Hopkins said. “We responded, and when we arrived, we found an individual about 50 to 75 yards off the bank, where the water had risen…