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Five die in Northeast flooding
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Sep 08, 2011 11:06pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Michael Muskal and Stephen Ceasar |
| Media | Newspaper - Los Angeles Times |
| News Date | Friday, September 9, 2011 05:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
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"Reporting from Los Angeles—
More than 100,000 people in Pennsylvania and New York were forced from their homes Thursday after driving rain turned communities along numerous rivers and streams into flood zones, leading to at least five deaths and prompting emergency water rescues.
Remnants of former Tropical Storm Lee spurred flood watches and warnings from Maryland to New England, with some areas in Pennsylvania drenched with up to 9 inches of rain. The swollen Susquehanna River spilled over its banks in hard-hit Binghamton, N.Y.
The National Weather Service expects an additional 4 to 7 inches of rain to fall on the region in the coming days. Much of the ground in the area is still saturated from Irene's heavy rainfall at the end of August, leaving it unable to absorb the water from the new storm.
At least four people were killed by flooding in central Pennsylvania, where crews scrambled to rescue residents from submerged cars and homes, said Cory Angell, a spokesman for the state's emergency management office. In Maryland, a 49-year-old man drowned in floodwaters near his home in Anne Arundel County, the Maryland Emergency Management Agency said." |
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