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Picking up the pieces in Lycoming County after flood
By Kathryn Oleary,
2024-08-12
LEWIS TOWNSHIP, LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The remnants of Tropical Storm Debby slammed central Pennsylvania Friday, causing flooding throughout Lycoming County.
Residents in Lewis Township are continuing to pick up the pieces after Friday’s flooding, but they are doing it together as a community.
Heavy downpours created a disaster in Lycoming County Friday, especially in Trout Run.
“A lot of runoff from the mountain, runoff like we’ve never seen before. We have flat areas here where we had rushing two feet of water, where we’ve just never seen two inches of water,” said Camp Susque Operations Director Davis Swift.
“Well I was in a panic mode cause we wasn’t fully prepared for it, my first thing was to get my kids and animals out,” said Laura Collins from Trout Run, Lewis Township.
Though power is restored, residents went days without it.
“It was stressful the first few days, my main thing was the power, I do have a daughter that has asthma. It was scary with her, because you know with a condition like that and with the heat and no power, you’re gonna worry about if somethings gonna happen to her,” Collins continued.
Those at Camp Susque had to adjust until more electricity was restored, delaying new campers to come in Monday night instead of Sunday evening.
“We had some struggles with our long-term emergency response so generators couldn’t quite hang with as long as we had to. We delayed to Monday evening to give our staff a chance to clean with electricity this time so we can actually vacuum carpets,” Swift stated.
Debris is scattered throughout the town, piles of dirt, piles of furniture from flooded basements, and even destroyed bridges, but residents are still helping each other out despite it all.
“I had a lot of people come and bring us water. Hepburn Fire Hall, they provided emergency shelter, helped us out for two days and I’m really thankful for that,” Collins explained.
The community is using this tragedy as a way to come back stronger
“Everybody’s helped each other, and that’s the best thing about this whole thing, everybody came together as one whole,” Collins added.
The Lycoming County EMA is still doing damage assessments throughout the county.
If you have not had an assessment done yet, you can find information on who to contact online.
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I know a lot of people were affected by this storm, and it's terrible, and I feel for them. but we literally had warnings for 2 weeks before this storm hit us. why does no one look at flood maps before they buy or rent a home? if you live near a crick or river, it's going to flood at some point, be prepared. Climate change is real, and it's going to affect everyone. This is what happens when you ignore science and keep destroying the earth. Mother nature is a powerful beast and she can destroy everything in her path.
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