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Post-Irene; High ground has its advantages

Germantown, Chestnut Hill, and Mt. Airy survived relatively unscathed from this weekend’s “Hurricane.”  Little dam ...

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Schuylkill floods through intake pumping station on Kelly Drive, no risk reported

In the wake of Hurricane Irene, curious onlookers could see a rushing Schuylkill River filling the Philadelphia Water Department int ...

14 years ago

What Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy looked like “The Day after Irene”

Unless you live close to one of the flooded rivers or creeks Hurricane Irene was like a nor’easter with some gusty winds. The Wissa ...

14 years ago

Video: Flooding on Kelly Drive hours before Schuylkill crests

Here’s video of Kelly Drive and Midvale Avenue, hours before the Schuylkill was expected to crest.  ...

14 years ago

Main Street, Canoe Club and Kelly Drive flood photos

The Manayunk Brewery, Philadelphia Canoe Club, Main Street and Kelly Drive are among the hardest hit flood areas in NW Philadelphia. ...

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Video: Wissahickon Creek rages after Irene

The normally calm Wissahickon Creek is raging on at the intersection of Ridge Avenue and Kelly Drive in East Falls in the wake of Hurrica ...

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Post-Irene: Looking to the morning after

Although Irene didn’t pack the punch many feared, concerns now have turned to flooding, power outages and travel for the beginning ...

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Video: The rain before the hurricane

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Hurricane Irene: Midnight in Mt. Airy photos

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Video: The arrival of the outer bands of Hurricane Irene in Mt. Airy

Bas Slabbers shows us in four video segments how Saturday started out pretty nice but by the afternoon the rain from the edge of Hurrican ...

14 years ago

Chestnut Hill townhouse parking lot has rapids

This video was sent in by WHYY’s Jeff Bundy who lives in Chestnut Hill. Here’s what his parking lot looked like late Saturday ...

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Power outage reported in Wissahickon

Wissahickon resident Keith Simon reported via facebook that the power is out near Cook Wissahickon School on East Salaignac Street.  ...

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Manayunk’s Venice Lofts apartment complex evacuated

All residents of the flood-prone Venice Lofts apartment complex off of Leverington Avenue in Manayunk are being told to evacuate the buil ...

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Northwest Philadelphia before the Hurricane Irene

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Land use committee likely to back Bowman’s 8200 Germantown Ave. project

The vacant Magarity property, located at 8200 Germantown Avenue, is becoming a sore sight for the community of Chestnut Hill. Bowman Prop ...

14 years ago

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