Hurricane Ida In Pennsylvania - From First Warnings To Initial Recovery

Articles about Hurricane Ida’s impact on Pennsylvania from first warnings, flooding, tornadoes, deaths, damage to initial recovery--

-- Gov. Wolf: Signs Weather Emergency Declaration In Anticipation Of Widespread Flooding

-- National Weather Service - State College: Updated Rainfall Forecast [PaEN]

-- DEP: Storm And Flood Recovery Fact Sheets And Information [PaEN]

-- PUC: Offers Safety Tips As Remnants Of Hurricane Ida Approach  [PaEN]

-- ScrantonT: Scranton Issues Emergency Declaration, Plans To Close Floodgates

-- CitizensV: NE PA Ready For Ida, Officials Say; Flash Flooding Likely

-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Prepares For Soaking Rains, Flooding From Ida; 3rd Time In Past 2 Weeks Hit By Tropical Systems

-- WHYY: Philly Region Braces For Heavy Rain, Flash Floods, Isolated Tornadoes

-- PennLive: Hurricane Ida’s Remnants Create Flash Flooding Risk Not Seen In Central PA In Years

-- PennLive: Central PA School Districts Close, Go Remote To Avoid Ida Complications

-- TribLive -  Mary Ann Thomas: Rain Total Predictions For Western PA As Ida Approaches

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Residents In Flood-Prone Areas Prepare For Remnants From Ida

-- Gov. Wolf: Remnants Of Hurricane Ida Expected To Bring Rain, Flooding To Much Of PA

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Ida Expected To Bring Heavy Rain, Flash Floods To PA

-- Inquirer: Ida Remnants May Threaten Philly With First Significant Delaware River Flooding In 10 Years

-- TribLive: Remnants Of Hurricane Ida To Bring Heavy Rain, Potential Flooding To Western PA

-- AltoonaM: Bedford County Braces For Heavy Rains From Ida

-- WBTimes: Flood Gates Closed At Riverfront Park In Wilkes-Barre

-- CitizensV: Luzerne County Closes Flood Gates Along Susquehanna River

-- U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers: To Draw Down Reservoirs At Francis E. Walter Dam, Blue Marsh Lake In Advance Of Hurricane Ida

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-- MCall: Ida Brings Widespread Flash Flooding To Lehigh Valley, Prompting Water Rescues As 4-8 Inches Of Rain Falls

-- ScrantonT: Hurricane Ida Dumps More Than 5 Inches On NE PA Region

-- PennLive: Susquehanna River To Rise To Within 1 Foot Of Flood Stage In Harrisburg

-- TribLive: Remnants Of Ida Bring Heavy Rainfalls, Flooding Across Western PA

-- TribLive: Corps Of Engineers Declares State Of Emergency Along Monongahela River

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-- WBTimes: Mandatory Evacuations In Parts Of Wilkes-Barre

-- Inquirer: Evacuations Advised In Parts Of Chester, Montgomery Counties As Schuylkill River Expected To Crest At Record Level

-- Inquirer: Ida Remnants Spawn Tornadoes, Delugest, Flash Floods In Philly Region, Significant River Flooding Is Next

-- Gov. Wolf: Sends Emergency Responders To Bucks County Following Severe Weather

-- CourierT: Ida Forces Evacuations, Floods Towns, Closes Schools, National Guard On Its Way To Bucks

-- AltoonaM: Ida Remnants Swamp Blair County Region Prompting Evacuations, Road Closures

-- PennLive: Ida Soaks PA Leaving Behind Floods, Power Outages And Tornado Damage: Full Coverage

-- PennLive: Over 109,000 People Without Power In Central, Eastern PA Due To Ida

-- LancasterOnline: Full Coverage Of Ida Impacts In Lancaster Region

-- YorkDR: Ida Moves Out, But Flooding, Road Closures Are Still Possible In Central PA

-- MCall: Nearly 24,000 In Lehigh Valley Without Power, Major Flooding At Lehigh River Near Easton

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-- WITF/AP: Ida’s Remnants Close Roads, Prompt Concerns Of Dam Failure

-- AP: Heavy Rain Prompts Evacuation Below Johnstown Area Dam 

-- WJAC: Wilmore Dam Reaches Capacity; Residents Being Evacuated

-- ScrantonT: Before And After: Scranton Streams And Rivers During Ida

-- CitizensV: Rain Deluge Collapses Roads, But Flood Measures Save Homes

-- WBTimes: Cleanup Begins After Record Rain Storm

-- MCall: Ida Drops Up To 8 Inches Of Rain On Lehigh Valley Area, Major Flooding Continues Along Rivers 

-- MCall: After Ida Swamped Lehigh Valley, Residents Muck Out, Size Up Damage

-- WHYY: Ida’s Remnants Lead To Historic Flooding; Shelter-In-Place Along Schuylkill River

-- Billy Penn: Photos/Video Of Flooded Highway In The Middle Of Philadelphia 

-- LancasterOnline: Photos Of Flooding In Lancaster County

-- YorkDR: Aftermath Of Ida In Photos, The Day After A Record Storm In PA

-- AltoonaM: Floods Continue To Impact Blair County Region

-- PG: Pittsburgh Residents Begin Cleanup After Ida Floods Area

-- PennLive: Gov. Wolf Updates Damage From Ida: More Than 370 Roads Closed In PA, ‘Thousands” Of Water Rescues

-- Chesapeake Bay Magazine: Conowingo Dam Floodgates Opened, Causing Flooded Roads And Bay Debris

-- USA Today: ‘We’re Not Out Of This Yet’: At least 46 Dead After Flooding Overwhelms NYC, Northeast [5 in PA]

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 -- Inquirer: Ida’s Legacy: 5 Deaths, 7 Tornadoes Record Flooding, Hundreds Of Water Rescues, One Incredibly Soggy Mess

-- CourierT: Ida Claims Lives In Bucks, Montgomery Counties; Bucks Sees Widespread Flooding, Damage 

-- MCall: Flooding Kills Stranded Driver In Bucks County, At Least 3 Dead In Montgomery County

-- PennLive: Parent Of PA Student-Athlete Drowns In Flood While Driving Home From Match

-- Inquirer: ‘It Came Too Fast’ Record Floodwaters Brought Rescues, Damage, Terror, Grief

-- WHYY: Long Recovery Ahead As Ida’s Remnants Lead To Historic Flooding, Tornadoes In Philly Region

-- AP: Cleanup And Mourning Continue After Ida Soaks Northeast U.S. 

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-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: As Tornadoes Strike, Horrified Families Watch Their Philly-Area Homes Explode Around Them

-- CourierT: Follow The Paths Of 4 Tornadoes That Hit Bucks, Montgomery Counties

-- PennLive: 4 Tornadoes Hit 2 PA Counties In 90 Minutes; Here’s How It Happened

-- WHYY: The Science Behind The Delaware Valley’s Tornado Summer

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-- YorkDR: Roads, Bridges Remain Closed In York County Following Ida Flooding

-- YorkDR: Dover Township Slammed By Ida, One Of The Worst Floods On Record

-- LancasterOnline: Ida Swamps Lancaster County

-- CourierT: Bucks County Residents Recount Neshaminy Creek Flooding Nightmare

-- CourierT: Bucks County River Towns Spared Major Flooding As Delaware River Recedes

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Area Rocked By Ida As 676 Remains Closed

-- CourierT: Why Residents Along Neshaminy Creek Don’t Run When It Floods In Bucks County

-- KYW: Volunteers Come Together To Help Clean Up Schuylkill River Trail

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-- WHYY: Philly Lawmakers: PA Should Tap COVID Relief Funds To Help Flooded Businesses

-- After More Than A Decade Of Warnings Significant Funding Was Needed, Floods Are Again Devastating Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Storm And Flood Recovery Fact Sheets And Information [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: Resources Available On Preventing, Recovering From Flood Damage [PaEN]

-- PUC: Offers Safety Tips As Remnants Of Hurricane Ida Approach  [PaEN]

-- DCNR: To Close Some State Park, Forest Campsites Wednesday, Thursday Ahead Of Heavy Rain From Tropical Depression Ida  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: Resources Available On Preventing, Recovering From Flood Damage  [PaEN]

-- AG Shapiro: In Wake Of Hurricane Ida, AG Shapiro Reminds Homeowners Of The Rights, Warns Of Scams

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-- WHYY: How Philly’s Trash Problem Made Hurricane Ida Flooding Worse

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Climate Change’s ‘Fingerprint’ See In Ida Flooding

-- Inquirer: Ida’s Fatal Power Didn’t Shock Scientists Who Study How Climate Change Primed The Pump

-- WHYY: It’s Not All Hurricane Ida, Land Use And Climate Change Drive Philly Flood Risk

--  AP: Why Was Ida So Devastating As It Flooded The Northeast?

-- NPR: How Climate Change is Fueling Hurricanes Like Ida

-- Inquirer: Ida’s Costs Could Reach $95 Billion, On Top Of COVID, ‘It’s One More Painful Thing’

-- WBTimes: Nature Reminds Us That Infrastructure Matters

-- WilliamsportS Editorial: Ida, Like Lee, Reminds Us Of Nature’s Power

-- WPost: Nearly 1 In 3 Americans Experienced A Weather Disaster This Summer

-- WPost: Burying Power Lines Isn’t The Only Way To Weatherproof The Grid; Scientists Have Other Ideas

(Photos: Flooding along the Schuylkill River in Bridgeport, Montgomery County; Flooding along the Conestoga River, Lancaster County.)

[Posted: September 5, 2021]  PA Environment Digest