Major Flooding and Evacuation in Harrisburg, PA

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As of this past weekend, the Harrisburg and Hershey area have gotten anywhere from 12-15" of rain. The flood stage for the Susquehana near Harrisburg is 17', the water is now 22' and expected to crest on Sat at 29'. They are evacuating everyone as far back as 2nd st right now and expect the water to rise 3' to 4' on 2nd st. Also the Swatara Creek in Hershey is at major flood stage also. The flood stage in Hershey is 7', they expect it to crest on Sat. at 27'. Hershey Park was under fire on Wednesday as the park flooded and they had some of the animals at Zoo America drown and some they shot before they drowned also. The current records are from Hurricane Agnes in 1972 with the crest at 32' and they expect this weekend to be as bad. Some parts of the major Highways are closed around Harrisburg including RT 22-322, RT 81 & RT 78. Big Penn State game on Sat., this should be interesting.