The remnants of tropical storm Gordon dumped a lot of rain over the weekend and on Monday, the final round of rainfall wreaked havoc on many state and local roads.
Several roads were closed yesterday throughout the county, and this morning, at least one road is still closed due to a mud and tree slide. Tide Road was closed yesterday by center township supervisors as the road continues to be cleaned up. The Homer-Center School District has been notified, as it may affect bus routes. Supervisor Dave “Butch” Smyers says that cleanup efforts will get underway today.
One of the major roads affected by the flooding was Route 286 near airport road. PennDOT confirmed that one of their pipes separated. Crews were out on 286 last night to patch the pipe closed and that road is once again open.
Several other roads are still closed due to flooding. They include:
- SR 403 is closed between Route 286 in Clymer Borough and Allison Road in Green Township
- Route 1032, Arcadia Road, is closed between Route 286 and Cherry Tree Road in Montgomery Township
- Route 2013, Wehrum Road, is closed be5ween River Road and Rager Road in East Wheatfield Township
- Route 1014 Wandin Road, is closed between Starford Road and Hill Road in Green Township
- Route 580 is closed between Cherry Road in Green Township and Mahoning Road in Cherry Tree Borough
- Route 3056, Ridge Avenue, is closed between Route 286 and Rustic Lodge Road in Center Township
- Route 954 is closed between Saint Clair Road in White Township and Fairman Roof Trusses Road in Washington Township
- Route 1022, Sebring Road is closed between Purchase Line Road in Green Township and Route 286 in Montgomery Township
- Route 3019, Elder Ridge Road, is closed between Route 286 and Nowrytown Road in Conemaugh Township due to downed utilities
- Route 286 is closed between Water Street in Saltsburg Borough and Phillips Road I Conemaugh Township.
The floods have also affected some local farms, including Yarnick’s farm, as flood waters destroyed 15 acres of corn that was ready for harvest. They still have crops to work with as they have some of their farm on a hillside, where they were not affected by the flood.
