Heavy Rains Lead To Flooding Issues

Heavy rains overnight have resulted in flooding issues in parts of Washington County.  911 dispatchers tell us Locust Avenue Extension in South Strabane is closed from Hudak Hill Road to the on-ramp to Interstate 79 because of a landslide.  We are also told that Georgetown Road near the purple bridge in Cecil Township is also closed because of flooding.  At last report, dispatchers said PennDot had closed State Route 519 from Western Avenue from the VoTech to Kings.  There have also been reports of basement flooding.  As for power outages, West Penn Power’s outage map is showing more than 300-customers without service.  259 of those are in Peters Township.  Tune to 95.3FM/1450AM WJPA for the very latest.