Boil water advisory issued for residents in Cumberland, York counties


Boil water advisory continues for thousands of residents in Cumberland, York counties

HEAVY RAIN FLOODED STREETS, TREES DOWN. NEWS EIGHT IS CHECKING OUT THE STORM DAMAGE AND THE IMPACTS. MANY PEOPLE ARE STILL FEELING. TONIGHT IT’S STORM TEAM COVERAGE. YOU CAN COUNT ON. TOPPLED TREES. DOWNED BRANCHES AND PLENTY OF DAMAGE IN THE HARRISBURG AREA. I’LL TELL YOU ABOUT THE CLEANUP INTO THIS MORNING’S STORM. STANDING ON A BACK PORCH ALONG CONEWAGO CREEK IN ADAMS COUNTY, THE WATER IS RUNNING FAST, AND IT’S DEFINITELY TOO CLOSE TO HOMES ON THE STREET. TOLBOOTH ANTIQUES IN COLUMBIA WILL TAKE A BIG STEP FORWARD IN RECOVERING FROM A DEVASTATING FIRE THAT DESTROYED A BUILDING, AND MANY VALUABLE ANTIQUES. WE’LL SHOW YOU WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND. IT’S BACK JUST A FEW WEEKS AFTER TARGETING PENNSYLVANIA DRIVERS WITH A SCAM TEXT MESSAGE. THE BAD GUYS ARE AT IT AGAIN. I’M ON YOUR SIDE TO SHOW YOU THEIR LATEST SCAM EFFORT AND THE NEWS EIGHT STORM TEAM IS IN ACTION, COVERING THE IMPACT OF DEBBIE IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. AND JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THIS MASSIVE TREE THAT’S DOWN AT THE EAST HARRISBURG CEMETERY IN SUSQUEHANNA TOWNSHIP. AND THIS TREE CAME DOWN ON QUARRY HILL ROAD RIGHT NEAR ROUTE 11, IN PENN TOWNSHIP, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, AND ROADS WERE FLOODED. A CAR WAS STUCK IN HIGH WATER ON HUMMEL AVENUE IN CAMP HILL, CUMBERLAND COUNTY. THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF DAMAGE, BUT WE’RE HERE TO WALK YOU THROUGH IT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. I’M MICHAEL FULLER. HI, EVERYBODY. I’M THIS MEAN OFFICE AND PEOPLE ACROSS SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY FEELING THE WRATH OF DEBBIE. OUR STORM TEAM CREWS HAVE BEEN ACROSS THE VALLEY, AND WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE, BUT WE BEGIN WITH STORM TEAM METEOROLOGIST ETHAN HOUSTON. ETHAN, WHAT’S IT GOING TO LOOK LIKE TONIGHT? WELL, THE BANDS OF RAIN FROM DEBBIE ARE MOVING OUT, BUT WE STILL HAVE SOME SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS AND STORMS AHEAD OF THE STORMS COLD FRONT. THAT IS PUSHING OVER THE HEART OF THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY AT THIS HOUR. SO THE STEADY SOAKING RAIN THAT’S MOVING OUT OF THE REGION. BUT YOU CAN SEE WE STILL HAVE THOSE SPOTTY SHOWERS AND PERHAPS AN ISOLATED THUNDER SHOWER MOVING RIGHT ALONG THE WEST SHORE AND UP INTO DAUPHIN COUNTY FROM GRANVILLE TO LINGLESTOWN, RIGHT OVER DOWNTOWN HARRISBURG AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF YORK COUNTY. A LITTLE BIT FARTHER TO THE SOUTH, YOU CAN SEE SOME LIGHT RAIN MOVING OVER CENTRAL PORTIONS OF YORK COUNTY FROM EMIGSVILLE TO YORK AND OVER TOWARDS SPRING GROVE. THIS IS THE LAST HURRAH OF DEBBIE. THIS IS THE COLD FRONT THAT’S PUSHING ACROSS THE AREA, AND WE SHOULD BE COMPLETELY DRY AND SEE SKIES CLEAR ON OUT AS WE GET PAST 8:00. DRIER AIR, MORE COMFORTABLE AIR WILL MOVE IN. LOOK FOR TEMPERATURES TO FALL TO THE UPPER 60S TONIGHT AND REFRESHING, PLEASANT WEEKEND WILL BE AROUND FOR US ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. BUT WHAT WE’RE STILL DEALING WITH SOME HIGH WATER IN A FEW SPOTS. WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST HOW MUCH RAIN FELL FROM DEBBIE COMING UP IN THE UPDATED TEN DAY FORECAST. ETHAN, THANK YOU. ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS, HARRISBURG AND ITS SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. TREES WERE TOPPLED, DAMAGING HOMES AND VEHICLES. NEWS EIGHT’S TOM LEHMAN JOINS US LIVE. TOM. WHAT THIS MEAN? NEIGHBORS AROUND HERE TOLD ME THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF TREES HERE PROVIDING A CANOPY FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, BELLEVUE PARK. BUT YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME THE TREES AND BRANCHES THAT HAVE BEEN DOWNED. AND EVEN FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD YOU CAN SEE WHERE A TREE FELL ON TOP OF A CAR. THERE’S A LOT OF CLEANUP THAT HAS TO TAKE PLACE, A LOT OF DAMAGE. STILL BEING ACCOUNTED FOR. ALL THE SOUND OF CHAINSAWS COULD BE HEARD EARLY FRIDAY MORNING IN THE BELLEVUE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD. ONE OF MULTIPLE LOCATIONS IN THE HARRISBURG AREA THAT SAW TREES TOPPLED TO THE GROUND OR ON TOP OF HOUSES AND CARS. WE HAVE SEVERAL HUNDRED TREES THAT ARE DOWN. WE HAVE IN EXCESS OF A DOZEN HOMES THAT ARE DAMAGED IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER. WE HAVE ONE. IT’S PARTIALLY COLLAPSED. WE LOST A ROOF OF A CHURCH OUT ON DAIRY STREET, AS WELL AS MANY OTHER THINGS THAT WE’RE STILL UNCOVERING NEARBY ON MARKET STREET, SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED FROM THE GROUND. ON ONE RESIDENTIAL BLOCK, AND SEVERAL OTHER TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN IN RESERVOIR PARK AND IN MIDTOWN HARRISBURG. THE MIDTOWN CINEMA DEALT WITH FLOODING THAT LEFT ITS FLOOR SOGGY AND IN NEED OF RESTORATION. THE WORK WILL KEEP THE BUSINESS CLOSED FOR WEEKS. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE STORM TO HAVE PASSED THROUGH HERE IN HARRISBURG. I PERSONALLY HAVE SEEN VERY FEW SITUATIONS LIKE THIS AND I’VE LIVED HERE FOR 15 YEARS AND THIS IS THE MOST EXTENSIVE DAMAGE WE’VE HAD HERE AT THE…



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