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Weather watching: Statewide monitoring alert system updated

To better prepare for severe weather events, agencies across the state have joined to enhance the Pennsylvania Integrated Flood Warning and Observation System, known as IFLOWS 2. “This version is very good at providing timely alerts, which is most important in getting out early warnings for ...

Neighbors helping neighbors

While last weekend’s flash flooding and torrential rainfall exacted punishment on homeowners and motorists here, the storms proved deadly for our neighbors to the southwest, in nearby Ohio County, W.Va. And the stories coming out of the Wheeling area in the days after the disaster are ...

County cleans up after damaging weekend storms

The weekend’s torrential rains that led to damaging flooding in portions of Washington County have subsided, and now cleanup efforts are underway as the region copes with the aftermath. Donegal Township has issued an emergency declaration, and the township, which purchases water from ...

Donations sought for Fayette County Disaster Relief Fund

With about 30 Fayette County families in need of assistance following recent flooding, the Fayette County Disaster Relief Fund Board is seeking donations to assist them. Rains pounded the region last week, causing rampant flooding on Water Street in Brownsville. And while heavy rainfall ...

Here we go again

Record rainfall in Southwestern Pennsylvania wreaked havoc across Washington and Greene counties, causing flooding that resulted in several water rescues and evacuations, and dozens of road closures. Following Thursday night’s storms, the city of Washington declared a state of emergency, ...

Cleanup efforts continue in Brownsville following last week’s flooding

Brownsville residents affected by last week’s flooding may be eligible for help from the state, depending upon how severely their homes were damaged. “The borough and myself are trying to do as much as we can for the residents,” said Jordan Sealy, the emergency management coordinator in ...