Flooding in Central PA

Newspaper websites

Road Closures
Times-Leader Newspaper
Wilkes-Barre, PA

http://www.timesleader.com/news/State-Roads-Closed-Due-to-Flooding-in-Northeast-Pennsylvania.html


Times-Leader newspaper
Wilkes-Barre, Pennslvyania

http://www.timesleader.com/news/



the Inquirer newspaper
Philadelphia, Pennslyvania

http://www.philly.com/



Patriot-News newspaper
Harrisburg, Pennslvyania

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/



the Sun newspaper
Baltimore, MD

http://www.baltimoresun.com/



the Post newspaper
Washington, DC

http://www.washingtonpost.com/



Pennslyvania State and Municipal Government webpages ...



Travel information for the state of Pennslyvania

http://www.511pa.com/

http://www.511pa.com/TravelConditions.aspx



Pennslyvania State Police main webpage

http://www.psp.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/psp/4451




Pennslvyania Department of Transportation main webpage ...

http://www.dot.state.pa.us/




Pennslvyania Emergency Management Agencies

http://www.pema.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/pema_home/4463

http://beprepared.com/article.asp_Q_ai_E_251_A_name_E_Pennsylvania#top



Office of the PA Governor

http://www.governor.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/governor%27s_web_site/2985


Main PA State Government webpage

http://pa.gov/portal/server.pt/community/pa_gov/2966




City of Harrisburg, Pennslyvania main webpage

http://harrisburgpa.gov/



City of Wilkes-Barre, Pennslyvania main webpage

http://www.wilkes-barre.pa.us/



City of Scranton, Pennslyvania main webpage

http://www.scrantonpa.gov/




United States Government webpages


National Weather Service forecast page

look at the upper left hand corner of the page then type in the city and state that you want the forecast for

http://www.weather.gov/



National Weather Service
Water Division, Flood Prediction and Gauge Page

http://water.weather.gov/ahps/



National Weather Service
Flood Safety Page

http://www.weather.gov/floodsafety/



Federal Emergency Management Agency

http://www.fema.gov/




Television Stations:


WNEP-TV
Channel 16
Moosic, PA (suburb of Scranton-Wilkes Barre)

http://www.wnep.com/



WJAC-TV
Johnstown, PA
http://www.wjactv.com/index.html

No live coverage but they do have stories on the flooding ...



WGAL TV
Channel 8
Lancaster - York - Harrisburg, PA

http://www.wgal.com/index.html

http://www.wgal.com/video/29116761/detail.html



MSNBC Cable TV

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44436279/ns/weather/?GT1=43001



WCAU TV (NBC Network)
Philadelphia, PA
they have a page for live coverage but it does not seem to want to launch
but they do have stories about the flooding

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/



WFMZ - TV Channel 69
Allentown, Pennslvyania

http://www.wfmz.com/


WMAR-TV, Channel 2 (ABC Network)
Baltimore, Maryland

http://www.abc2news.com/



WBAL-TV, Channel 11 (NBC Network)
Baltimore, Maryland

http://www.wbaltv.com/index.html



WJZ-TV, Channel 13 (CBS Network)
Baltimore, Maryland

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/



News Channel 8 Cable TV affiliate (WJLA TV, ABC Network)
Arlington, VA (suburb of Washington, DC)
streaming live all the time

http://www.tbd.com/articles/2011/01/tbd-tv-live-45985.html





the Weather Channel main page ...

http://www.weather.com/



Weather Channel's Video and Top Stories

http://www.weather.com/weather/videos/news-41/top-stories-169/watching-nate-maria-and-katia-6584



Other jurisdictions that are experiencing flooding issues, etc. ...


Maryland Emergency Management Agencies

http://beprepared.com/article.asp_Q_ai_E_182_A_name_E_Maryland#top




District of Columbia Emergency Management Agency (Washington, DC)

http://dcema.dc.gov/dcema/site/default.asp




Contacts for emergency management agencies in other states ...

http://beprepared.com/article.asp_Q_ai_E_270

 

Is I-70 open and is it affected by the flooding? Any alternates for EB on a tight schedule?

My BF is picking up a load in KS tomorrow, delivering Monday in NJ/NY on Monday - yes, the day AFTER the 9-11 memorial, and with the flooding headaches in PA, and the anticipated weekend closures in NJ/NYC for the memorial services...delivering on schedule is going to be close if possible at all.

Any info would be greatly appreciated so I can pass it on to him. He won't be online but will be headin' eastbound and checking in for info.

Thanks!

 

HFC, thanks for the info and all the links.

However most of them loop people back to 511PA which is either a slow link anyway, or is very overwhelmed by traffic and keeps timing out.

Either way, I could never get any info other than "if ya don't HAVE to be in eastern PA, stay away!"

 

I read today that over 170 state roads are closed due to the flooding. My husband needs to be in the area Friday evening...not sure that will happen!

 

Thanks to info provided by HFC, I called PASP and they said that I-76 (PA turnpike) is closed E of Harrisburg almost to Philly, but I-78 into Allentown is still open "at this time."

The officer's advice was to call again over the weekend to check status. It could change depending on what happens up-river.

Not looking good for the east coast, and Texas is on fire.

What a sorry mess.

 

Was coming through Harrisburg on 81 south and heard that 78 east was closed.....had just come west on 78 about 4pm.

 

Guess I made it across just in time today. Came east to Philly out of Wheeling. Did see some crew working the shoulders, where the ground was soaked and small mud slides were coming onto the road. I do mean small but the DOT has to work them for safety. Falling rock and mud may end up being the worst result, due to the ground being so saturated at this point, for the roads anyway. If it were my house in danger, I may think differently.

Hopefully Mother Nature will ease up a bit soon. She has been dealing some bad cards lately.