out of the the water in florida, not in flood like. more than 300 roads are closed in the state of pennsylvania, in the commonwealth of pens person, according to governor tom wolf s administration. 500 calls for water rescues in nearby bridgeport, pennsylvania up in montgomery county 5. hundred calls in montgomery county just last negotiate. manayunk to the north of here, also severe flooding. very high water levels in conshohocken. regionwide in the philadelphia area, this is a major, major problem and we are not out of the woods yet. it won t be long until we get a full glimpse of how bad this damage really is, but you can see just howie is veer things are here at 676 and 76 and philadelphia. this will be jam packed with cars during rush hour. now it s just filled with water. we can see the aerial shots
this is a really serious problem here in philadelphia and regionwide. the schuylkill river overflowed its banks earlier this morning. crested about 17 feet, a number not seen since 1869. now it s down to about 11 feet, according to the national weather service, and will not be below flood stage until sometime after midnight. that s why the flood emergency here remains in place in philadelphia until 7:00 tomorrow morning, and we re only just now getting a glimpse of how bad the damage will be here. i talked to you earlier today, kate, over at the banks of the schuylkill. that area has filled with trash from upstream, flowing downstream in philadelphia. it s a really big issue, and we know there have been many, many water rescues, 500 calls alone just last night according to governor tom wolf in montgomery county to the north, and we know several people have died in the state of pennsylvania as well. i ll tell you, where you are
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