Matt Rourke John Souder views rising floodwaters, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011, in Plymouth, Pa. Widespread flooding brought on by the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee was being blamed for two deaths in Pennsylvania, where inundated communities were evacuated and state offices closed down on Thursday because of the rising waters. “factbox” –> More News Days of rainfall from what had been Tropical Storm Lee inundated a wide portion of Pennsylvania and other northeastern states Thursday, pouring into basements and low-lying homes and forcing tens of thousands of people to seek higher ground. At least seven were left dead. The damage was concentrated along the Susquehanna River in Wilkes-Barre and…
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Days of rain turn into fatal East Coast flooding