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Nearly 100K told to evacuate in Northeast as remnants of Lee drop rain on flood-weary areas

Nearly 100K told to evacuate in Northeast as remnants of Lee drop rain on flood-weary areas

Nearly 100,000 people were ordered to flee the rising Susquehanna River on Thursday as the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee dumped more rain across the Northeast, socking areas still recovering from Hurricane Irene and closing major highways at the morning rush. At Binghamton, N.Y., the wide river broke a flood record and flowed over retaining walls downtown. Interstate 88 was closed and emergency responders scrambled to evacuate holdouts who didn’t heed warnings to leave neighborhoods.

 

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