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Crews Hard at Work Cleaning Up Flood Aftermath

Peters Township Manager Michael Silvestri said crews will be working on a number of affected areas through Saturday.

Overnight, strong storms rolled through western Pennsylvania hitting Washington County and —perhaps the hardest. 

"It's a big deal," said Peters Township Manager Michael Silvestri. 

In one hour, public works director Pete Overcashier told him the area received an inch and a half of rain (and some hail), he said. 

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A number of areas were impacted due to catch basins filling up with debris. 

Crews will continue working overtime tomorrow to clean up, Silvestri said. 

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"There has been a number of streets needing clean up," he said. "Inverness, the Heritage Meadows plan, Fawn Valley, Center Church Road and more."

A tree was reported down at McCombs Road—crews reopened the road Friday morning. 

"We have quite a few properties which were flooded," Silvestri said. "The was helping out. Crews are out there today. We rented some equipment for some yards where catch basins were blocked." 

Silvestri said a car was "kind of washed away" on McDowell Lane off of Route 19 near Donaldson's Crossroads. 

Did the flooding affect your street or home? Tell us in the comments. Do you have photos of damage? Email andrea.bosco@patch.com or post above.


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