Carroll County Deputy Steve Rowe (center left) and Law Enforcement Officer for the U.S. Forest Service Mark Mageles talk by the road blockage near Moat View Drive on the Kancamagus Highway, which was closed due to flooding, on May 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Crawford and Julie Butler (above) of Conway took a stroll from their nearby house to view the high waters of the Swift River during Monday morning’s showers, when authorities closed both ends of West Side Road (background) including the southern end near Chataque Lane . (TOM EASTMAN PHoTO)
Conway firefighters directed a single lane of traffic through a few inches of water at the lower end of West Side Road at 10:30 a.m. Monday, shortly before the road was closed due to flooding. The River Road end of West Side Road was also closed. (TERRY LEAVITT PHOTO)
Hurteau Towing sets up to extract a truck and camper from a newly formed ditch at the Houghton-LaClair family's house on Mountain View Drive in Conway after rain and heavy water drainage caused part of the property to collapse on May 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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Waves roar down the Swift River along the Kancamagus Highway, which was closed due to flooding, near Moat View Drive on May 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Carroll County Deputy Steve Rowe (center left) and Law Enforcement Officer for the U.S. Forest Service Mark Mageles talk by the road blockage near Moat View Drive on the Kancamagus Highway, which was closed due to flooding, on May 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Waves roar down the Swift River along the Kancamagus Highway, which was closed due to flooding, near Moat View Drive on May 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A North Conway Fire truck and caution tape mark the closure on the northern end of West Side Road in North Conway on May 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Floodwaters rise on a cone on the northern end of West Side Road in North Conway, which was closed in the morning on May 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A North Conway Fire Department vehicle drives south on West Side Road as other vehicles turn around to avoid the closed northern portion on May 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A fast-moving stream of water covers the end of Valley West Road, which intersects with West Side Road on the northern end, on May 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A truck turns away from the rising waters on the northern end of West Side Road in North Conway, which was closed in the morning on May 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Water rises especially high under the Swift River Covered Bridge in Conway on West Side Road on May 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Conway Police Chief Chris Mattei helps direct traffic through the flooded southern end of West Side Road, which closed shortly after this photo was taken, on May 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A Blake's Family Roadside Assistance truck and other vehicles splash through the flooded southern end of West Side Road, which closed shortly after this photo was taken, on May 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Conway Police Chief Chris Mattei helps direct traffic through the flooded southern end of West Side Road, which closed shortly after this photo was taken, on May 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Floodwaters rise over the fields along to the southern end of West Side Road, which closed shortly after this photo was taken, on May 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Floodwaters rise over the fields and Chataque Lane next to the southern end of West Side Road, which closed shortly after this photo was taken, on May 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Floodwaters rise over the fields and Chataque Lane next to the southern end of West Side Road, which closed shortly after this photo was taken, on May 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Crawford and Julie Butler (above) of Conway took a stroll from their nearby house to view the high waters of the Swift River during Monday morning’s showers, when authorities closed both ends of West Side Road (background) including the southern end near Chataque Lane . (TOM EASTMAN PHoTO)
Conway firefighters directed a single lane of traffic through a few inches of water at the lower end of West Side Road at 10:30 a.m. Monday, shortly before the road was closed due to flooding. The River Road end of West Side Road was also closed. (TERRY LEAVITT PHOTO)
A truck and camper sink into a newly formed ditch at the Houghton-LaClair family's house on Mountain View Drive in Conway after rain and heavy water drainage caused part of the property to collapse on May 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A truck and camper sink into a newly formed ditch at the Houghton-LaClair family's house on Mountain View Drive in Conway after rain and heavy water drainage caused part of the property to collapse on May 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Hurteau Towing sets up to extract a truck and camper from a newly formed ditch at the Houghton-LaClair family's house on Mountain View Drive in Conway after rain and heavy water drainage caused part of the property to collapse on May 1. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Flooding of the fields along the Saco River is from the Saco River Overlook on Route 16 in Conway on Monday morning. (TERRY LEAVITT PHOTO)
Carroll County Sheriff Deputy Steve Rowe shared this photo of the Lower Falls along the Kancmagus Highway on the morning of May 1. (COURTESY PHOTO)
Conway Road, south of Boulder Road, was closed Monday morning due to storm runoff damage, according Madison Police. (MADISON POICE PHOTO)
Tamworth Police Monday morning reported multiple roads being flooded, like Depot Road near Tamworth Family Camping. (TAMWORTH POLICE PHOTO)
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