MUNCY VALLEY, SULLIVAN COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Many people in central Pennsylvania are continuing to pick up the pieces after last week's powerful rainstorms.
Years of hard work put into the Flooded Creek Farm by Bonnie Shaner and her late husband were swept away in just a few hours.
"We stood and watched the water come up 'til about 1:00, and then it slowed down for a little bit, and it started right back up and rained for another four hours. I don't know if I've ever seen it rain that hard," Shaner said.
Several animals lost their lives, and many of the buildings on the farm were destroyed. The fast-moving water is taking many off their foundations.
Her home only had damage to the garage, most of it filled with mud.
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"We lost two goats, a dozen chickens. What goats we have left; the other eight are free-ranging goats. It took out five of our buildings; it took all of our fences out. It took one building down there and spun it completely around off of its foundation, and the door is now facing the opposite direction of what it was," Shaner told 28/22 News.
Behind the property is Mosey Run, which is a tributary of Muncy Creek. Shaner told 28/22 News it usually rises and goes down, but this time was different.
"We kept waiting for it to do what it usually did: water came up, water goes down, and the water didn't go down," Shaner added.
The creek usually takes a sharp curve near the property, but when water levels are high, it fails to negotiate it, flooding the property and causing holes like this to form several feet deep into the ground.
On top of the physical damages, the farm has been in Bonnie's family for generations, with Bonnie's late husband putting all of the buildings up on the property.
"He was constantly working on things and constantly building, building things and putting up fences, and it's, it's all gone," Shaner said.
Shaner is covered by flood insurance and is in the early stages of assessing the damages to her property.
