Rescue crews in Shaler Township, Pa., spent the morning of Sept. 1, 2021, performing water rescues, including rescuing 41 passengers from a school bus that was stranded in floodwaters as Ida’s remnants moved north. (Twitter/@CherryCityFire)
What’s left of Ida brought flash flooding to parts of Pennsylvania and Maryland on Wednesday. At least one person was killed when an apartment complex flooded in Rockville, Maryland, Wednesday morning, and another person is still missing.
In Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, at least two school buses were stranded in floodwaters Wednesday morning with children aboard. All bus passengers were safely rescued.
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Evacuations were underway on Wednesday for some areas of Pennsylvania as floodwaters threatened communities.
A flash flood emergency is in place until 7 p.m. issued by the National Weather Service for towns and cities immediately below Wilmore Dam on the North Branch Little Conemaugh River, and evacuations were underway in the Wilmore Community in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Wednesday afternoon.
The lower portion of Summerhill Borough, Pennsylvania was being evacuated on Wednesday as well.
The storm brought flooding to western Virginia earlier in the week, which washed away several trailers in the town of Hurley. Hundreds of people were evacuated from the affected area, and about 50 had to be rescued, the Associated Press reported.
The threat of widespread rain, flooding and isolated tornadoes remains in parts of the Appalachians into the mid-Atlantic and Northeast through early Thursday.
Click through the slideshow above to see how the remnants of Ida, combined with a stalled front, is affecting the mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
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Roof damage is seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, in Houma, La. The weather died down shortly before dawn. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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