GEARY COUNTY —A spring rainstorm kemp sheriff's deputies busy over the weekend in Geary County.
Just after 5a.m. Sunday deputies converged on the Old Highway 40 - Crider Road area to rescue a man later identified as 24-year-old Isaih Arturo-Pedraza who had become stranded after his car became stuck in water during flash flooding, according to a media release from Geary County Emergency Management.
Junction City firefighters used safety line to get to him and walk him to safety, according to Geary County Emergency Management Director Garry Berges.
Just before 8a.m., four other people were also rescued near the Geary State Lake, according to the Sheriff's Department. One was in a vehicle and three others had been trapped earlier in the morning. A Sheriff's patrol vehicle was used to cross an inlet to make rescues. There were no injuries reported.
Severe thunderstorms moved through the area during the early morning hours Sunday and there was also a flash flood warning. Rainfall totals ranged from 2.21 inches on the west side of Junction City to 2.74 inches in the Lyons Creek Road area southwest of town to nearly three inches in the Chapman area.