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Prayers now. >> bill: well said. you make a very important point. it's farms here and then if you go into the central part of the state, northern part of the state it's main street businesses. i saw a video of mill bourn, a raging river in town and the small businesses are crushed and farms are crushed and homes all over the state. take one more. >> the commissioner was down in -- [inaudible] senator helped set it up and asking for storm litigation. he left without committing anything. >> he is doing a lot in fairness, the d.e.p. put out a big report with the army corps of engineers, a prelimi...

>> i'm stuck unfortunately. yes, everyone that's a lot of our situation depending on where you live. >> sandra: it is hard to prepare for something like this >> how can you? it reminds me of covid in that way, you just do the best you can in the moment. >> bill: we are reading about major flooding along the schuykill river. is that what you're dealing with? >> yes. we are right along that river and that is absolutely where the water is the highest. >> bill: can you say you'll break historical records because of this or no? >> we expect to. i can't confirm it definitively but my expectation is ...

Of water. firefighters swimming as if they were in a river. >> here is the problem now. you have the canalls and streams overflowing in bridge port, pennsylvania now. water rescues are happening right now. people are stranded in their homes. we're continuing to see that in the tristate area. in new york city we expect the governor and the mayor to visit this home in queens as the cleanup and the morning begins for many of these families. >> bill: check in with you throughout the morning. janice dean is tracking this. it's almost like flash flooding. kind of what it amounts to. good morning. >>...

So we're diverting traffic to alternate routes. right now we're beginning efforts to search for two individuals that haven't been accounted for since we received reports they may have been swept into our brook and possibly into the river. so we have our fire and police and divers meeting right now to determine the best course of action in order to assess whether or not there are bodies there or not. >> sandra: we're also getting word at least one person killed in the flash flooding there in your city. it was an elderly man in his 70s. he was riding in a vehicle that was overtaken by water. are...

Thursday predicted, quote, historic flooding as the river levels continue to rise. what are your circumstances now, sir? >> we're still very much under water. our front street, the lowest elevated point, we've evacuated at least 50 people from their homes on front street. we are working with fire companies throughout the county getting boats. mission barbecue with getting meals out to those in the community. being in small boroughs. we're connected to the community and they're reaching us directly and calling us directly. we're working with everyone to make sure they get what they need. >> bil...