Quick Update on County Flooding 10/01/10
Tail End of Tropical Storm Nicole Hits Philadelphia Area
Quick Update On County Flooding 10/01/10 Philadelphia County
The areas of Manayunk, Eastwick in Southwest Philadelphia, Kelly Drive, Lincoln Drive, and Delaware Avenue are on high alert and have been told to stay elsewhere overnight. To receive text alerts for this please go to www.phila.gov/ready.
Quick Update On County Flooding 10/01/10 Schuylkill County
A small number of residents were evacuated as of Thursday and government and schools were closed. Red Cross is on hand there. The Schuylkill River is predicted to rise to 21 1/2 feet in some areas. Flood stage is thirteen feet.
Quick Update On County Flooding 10/01/10 Lancaster County
While no injuries were reported, numerous people were stranded and had to be rescued. County commissioners declared a state of emergency and emergency.
Quick Update On County Flooding 10/01/10 Delaware County
Roadways closed in numerous areas. One specific area to stay away from would be Ridley township at Stewart Avenue where police have had to stand-by and turn away motorists.
Quick Update On County Flooding 10/01/10 Chester County
Chester County declared a disaster emergency. As for electric, 3,500 homes had outages. One death by motor vehicle accident because of bad roadways was reported.
Of course there are many other counties, and I will try to update through the day. Please visit www.pa.gov. for important updates. Although the rainfall is slowing down, people cannot let down their guard. This is the most important time because people think the rain is tapering off so it is safe, but the rivers will continue to rise even after rainfall. People who are not evacuated are urged to stay home, indoors.
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22 Comments
Post a CommentWhat a terrible experience, but what grat reporting!
PV
So sorry you all had to go through this.
full time day job ... tight schedule ... hundreds of notifications piled up ... trying to catch up :)
Hope everyone is safe - this is a good update for anyone needing information.
Wow, I was completely unaware of this. Thanks. Oh and congrats on reaching 100,000 page views. =)
Thanks, well done!
update information is written and helpful to many others
Thanks for the update
Good info. We have quite a mess here too.