Drenching Rains Close Roads, Prompt Rescues in Pennsylvania

Drenching Rains Close Roads, Prompt Rescues in Pennsylvania
Flood waters surround homes along West Main Street in Schuylkill Haven, Pa., on Monday, Aug. 13, 2018. David McKeown/Republican-Herald/AP
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DARBY, Pa.—Overnight rains triggered flash flooding in parts of central and eastern Pennsylvania on Aug. 13, closing down a heavily traveled interstate and sending water into homes in the mountainous coal regions.

State highway and emergency management officials reported numerous closed roads in a wide swath of the state from Williamsport to the Philadelphia suburbs, and some motorists had to be rescued.