KIM: WHAT’S LEFT OF THE STORM THAT CAUSED THIS DAMAGE IN LOUISIANA IS NOW HEADING TO THE SUSQUEHANNA VALL.EY WGAL NEWS 8’S ED WEINSTOCK CONTINUES OUR LIVE STORM TEAM COVERA WGEITH HOW COMMUNITIES ARE GETTING READY. ED: STANDING ALONG ROUTE 30 NEAR ROOSEVELT AVENUE, AN INTERSECTION THAT IS KNOWNO T FLD.OO CLOGGED STORM DRAINS ARE BLAMED FOR SOME OF THE FLOODING IN THE CITY. HIGHWAY CREWS ARE USED A BIG VACUUM TO OPEN THEM .UP ON THE EAST SIDE OF YORK, A STORM GRATE IS LIFTED OFF THE STREET BY YORK’S VACTOR TRUCK. A BIG PIPE ATTACHED TO A HOSE IS LOWERED INTO THE GROUND. BUT SUCKING THE MUCK OUT OF ETH OPENING IS NOT EASY. THE SLUDGE IS HARD AS A ROCK, AND THE CITY CREW HAD TODD A WATER BEFORE IT WAS ABLE TO VACUUM IT OUT. >> IT WILL CLEAN OUT THE DRA,IN KEEP IT CLEAR FOR THE WATER TO CONTINUE TO FLOW. ED: CLOGGED INLETS A BRELAMED FOR SOME OF THE FLOONGDI IN THE CITY. THERE ARE MORE THAN 2400 INLETS. CLEARI TNGHEM HAS BEEN A TOP PRIORITY FOR HIGHWAY CWSRE. THE CITY HAS IDENTIFIED STREETS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING, AND CREWS ARE READY TO BLOCK THEM F.OF BARRICADES WERE LOADED ONTO A TRUCK TUESDAY MORNING AND EAR NOW STIONEATD AT CORNERS READY TO BE MOVED INTO POSITION. >> OUR MAICON NCERN IS TO MAKE SU RE OUR PUBLIC IS SAFE, THAT THEY ARE NOT NEEDING TO DREIV THROUGH INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE FLOOD.DE ED: THEY APPRECTEIA THAT RESIDENTS WILL KEEP THEIR STORM DRAINS CLEAR. ED WEINSTOCK, WGAL NEWS 8. DANIELLE: LANCASTER IS ALSO GETTING READY. WGAL NEWS 8’S BARBARA BA JRROINS LIVE FROM PLUM AND LIBERTY STREETS, AN AREA THAT HAS SEEN FLOODING. BARBARA: THE'R’S EVEN A SIGN BEHIND ME, WHEN FLOODED TURN , AROUND, DON’T DROWN. THE AREA GETS A LOT OF FLOODING. WE WERE OUT HERE WHEN PUBLIC WORKS CREWS WERE HERE EARLIER AND ACTUALLY LEFT THESE BARRICADES, AS PREPARATIONS FOR FLOODING TAKE PLACACE ROSS THE CITY AND COUY.NT CREWS WERE CHECKING INFRASTRUCTURE PUT IN PLACE BELOW THE PLUM STREET OVERPASS AFTER HURRICANE LEE A DECADE O.AG >> HISTORICALLY, HAD FLOODING IN MAJOR STORMS IN THE PAST. WE HAVE DONE WORK HERE THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. WE THINK IT WILL ADDRESS FOR THE MOST PART OF ANY FLOODING WE HAVE COMING UP. BARBARA: THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR BELIEVES THE SYSTEM IS BUILT TO HANDLE A STEADY RAIN OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. >> THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO TAKE WATER COMING INTOHE T SYSTEM IN A MORE GRADUAL LEVEL. IF YOU HAVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF WATER COMING AT ONCE, THEN IT CAN’T TAKE IT. BARBARA: CREWS ARE WORKINGO T CLR EASOME 2400 STORM DRAINS ACROSS THE CITY. >> WE HAVE MONITORS ONHE T RIVER, EQUIPMENT IF THE RIVER AND CREEKS GET TO A CERTAIN STAGE THAT GIVES US AN IA WHERE WATER WILL GO. BARBARA: LANCASTER COUNTY’S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY IS KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON WATERWAYS AND HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH COMMUNITIES TO MAKE SURE TYHE ARE REY.AD >> OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAY -- MAKE SURE THE MUNICIPALITIES HAVE WHAT THEY NEED. BARBARA: RESIDENTS ARERG UED TO REMOVE VALUABLES FROM BASEMENTS IN FLOOD-PRONE AREAS, HAVE SUMP PUMPS WORKING AND, AGAIN, AVDOI DRIVING THROUGH WATER. BARBARA BARR, WGAL NEW8.S KIM: TO HARRISBURG. WGAL NEWS 8’S AMBER GERARD JNSOI US LIVE ALONG THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER WITH THE CITY’S STORM PREPARATIONS. AMBER: THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS. FLOODING FROM THE SUSQUEHANNA IS N’T EXPECTED TO BE AN ISSUE. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK ATHIST READING, JUST OVEROU FR FEET. NEWS 8’S STORM TEAM IS EXPECTING IT TO HIT 10 FEET, WHI ISCH THIS AREA HERE. TO GET TO THAT FLOOD LEVEL, IT WILL HAVE TO BEO T 17 FEET. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTICE THAT THERE WILL BE WATER ON ETH ROADWAYS. YOU HAVE TO KEEP THIS IN MIND. I SPOKE WITH HARRISBURG FIRE CHIEFS, OWH TAKE A LEAD WHEN IT COMES TO EMERGENCIES. HE SAYS HE IS GRATEFUL RIVER FLOODING WILL NOT BE AN ISSUE. SOME STREETS ARE EXPECTED TO FLOOD. SHI DEPARTMTEN WILL BE FOCUSGIN ON LOW-LYING AREAS IN THE CITY THAT ARE PRONE TO HEAVY FLOODING. PLACES LIKE CAMERO STREET, DERRY STREET, MCCLAY STREET, AND PARTS OF MARKET STRE.ET RIGHT NOW CREWS ARE PRE STAGING EQUIPMENT LIKE BARRICADES IN THESE AREAS. THEY ARE CLEARING STORM DRAINS AND WORKING WITH TRAFFIC AND ENGINEERING TO HAVE A TRLEAIONR STANDBY IN CASE THEY NEED SOMETHING BIGGER THAN A BARRICADE TO BLOCK OFF A HEAVILY DAMAGED STREET. I SPOKE TO A PERSON WITH PENNDOT WHO SAYS THEY ARE PRE-STAGING EQUIPMENT, BRINGING CHAINSAWS, LIGHTING, PERI, LSAS THEY ARE EXPECTING FUNDED WATERS AND DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES. SHE MADE CLEAR WHEN THEY PUT UP A BARRICADE, DO NOT CROSS THAT BARRICADE. IF YOUR HOUSE IS JUST A FEW DOORS DOWN, DO NOT CROSS IT. YOU CAN GET FEIND OR GET HURT. FO