Tuesday’s flooding caused approximately $250,000 in damage to Mercyhurst College’s campus  and left the basements of at least 24 buildings on campus in need of repair.

“We are still in the process of assessing damages, but the places that got hit the hardest so far look to be the Wayne Street apartments, all the basement apartments on Briggs and Lewis Avenues and even the basements of Baldwin Hall, Zurn Hall and the Herrmann Student Union,” said Tom Billingsley, the college’s executive vice president for administration.

Thanks to students working on summer projects at Mercyhurst's Institute for Intelligence Studies for providing these video clips.

Since early this morning, Erie and surronding areas experienced massive amounts of rainfall leading to flash flood warning being issued by the National Weather Service. Rainfall estimates range from 5 to 7 inches.

Mercyhurst's Main Campus experienced flooding/damage in several areas including Garvey Park, the surronding Police & Safety lot, as well as the basement of the Student Union. Click through the slideshow below to view the damage on campus.

Mercyhurst College freshman JoEllen Marsh has two moms.

"‘You have a donor, not a dad,’ my moms always told me," Marsh said. "We didn’t use the word ‘father’. We always called him ‘the donor.’"

Marsh said she always knew her family structure was different.

"When I was little I would play house with the nuclear family setup – a mom, dad and baby," she said. "I understood early that it wasn’t the norm."

So, I don’t know if you’ve heard but… the economy crashed. Break out Steinbeck’s "Grapes of Wrath" with your high school copy of Harper Lee’s "How to Kill a Mockingbird" and start nodding your head in full sympathetic understanding of their plight.

Three gold medals came home with the Mercyhurst College men’s and women’s rowing teams from Dad Vails this weekend, the most ever claimed by Mercyhurst crews in the history of the program.