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Central and eastern Pennsylvania are being hit hard by the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee, with the Delaware River expected to crest at a level not seen since Hurricane Ivan in 2004. More than 100,000 residents are evacuating.
More heavy rainfall of up to two inches per hour is falling on parts of Maryland as the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee continue across the northeast of the United States. The National Weather Service on Thursday said a flash flood warning still remains in effect until 4 p.m. for Montgomery County, Md., as the heavy rainfall is being felt from Gaithersburg to the American Legion Bridge, which will cause even more flooding.
The flooding that's occurring in the New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania areas are bordering on the lines of history, as rivers are now nearing levels that haven't been seen since Hurricane Agnes in 1972.
New York City alone could suffer damage as high as $20 billion if it suffered direct effects of an earthquake as large as the Aug. 23 earthquake, Eqecat determined.
Flash flooding from the aftermath of Tropical Storm Lee has forced the closure of dozens of highways and secondary roads in central Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has advised motorists on Wednesday not to travel if possible because of the widespread closures.
Authorities in northeastern Pennsylvania have called for a mandatory evacuation of more than 100,000 people in the vicinity of the Susquehanna River by 4 p.m. Thursday because remnants of Tropical Storm Lee are expected to flood the area.
The National Weather Service has issued flash-flood warnings in and around several large cities, including Albany, Binghamton, N.Y., and Philadelphia. New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Wednesday said the state's full response capacity have been deployed to Broome County where heavy rains from Tropical Storm Lee have caused increased flood levels.
Widespread flooding resulting from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee is being blamed for three deaths in Pennsylvania, where thousands were ordered to evacuate, as flash flood warnings have been issued from Maryland to New York early on Thursday.
The City of Binghamton has ordered mandatory evacuation to people near Binghamton, N.Y., due to imminent flooding of the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers.
Forget Park Avenue or Fifth Avenue. Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California, is the most expensive street in North America for office renters, according to a report released by real estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle Inc on Wednesday.
The remnants of Tropical Storm Lee are bringing about new flood worries for East Coast residents who are still recovering from a the effects of Hurricane Irene. Flood warnings have been issued for Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and a flood watch is in effect for Eastern New York.
Moisture from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee will continue dropping heavy rainfall from Virginia to New England through Thursday, possibly resulting in some record river flooding from Southern New York to Eastern Pennsylvania. The National Weather Service issued a flood watch early Wednesday morning for Northeast Pennsylvania to include Lackawanna, Wayne, Pike, Luzerne and Wyoming counties.
I remember how bizarre the ride down the elevator was – packed like sardines with more than a dozen frightened people. Nerves were on edge – fears of what the attacks meant spiraled. Since we were on the 42nd floor, the elevator doors would periodically open at other floors below us with other people desperate to escape.
Vermont residents, already max-out with clean-up and repair work in dozens of villages/towns from Hurricane Irene/Tropical Storm Irene, unfortunately are about to be hit with up to another 4 inches of rain in the next two days on already swollen rivers/streams and saturated ground.
There is not enough information to determine whether flu could become pandemic
It can appear that it is too early to take the flu-shot but experts have announced that it should be taken as soon as possible. The bulk of the immunizations should be arriving in most area doctors' offices in the next couple weeks.
Federal and state health officials have said that a new swine flu strain recently sickened two pre-school children in Pennsylvania and Indiana, but they cautioned that the cases appeared to be isolated.
This could be an outbreak of a new Swine Flu strain, with the health officials announcing second case of swine-flu striking in Pennsylvania followed by Indiana case.
A virus that appears to be a new strain of swine flu separately infected a boy in Indiana and a girl in Pennsylvania, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
Bipartisan committee will meet same day as Obama's economy speech.
Employment growth ground to a halt in August as sagging consumer confidence discouraged already skittish U.S. businesses from hiring, keeping pressure on the Federal Reserve to provide more monetary stimulus to aid the economy.
