The National Weather Service (NWS) stated that the Philadelphia region is still under a hurricane warning, as well as a tropical storm warning for Chester and Montgomery counties.
As of 8 a.m., the center of Irene was an estimated 340 miles south-southwest of Atlantic City, with the storm intensity of 85 mph, the NWS reported.
Hurricane Irene is expected to pass close to the coasts of Delaware and New Jersey late Saturday night into Sunday morning, while possibly bringing damaging winds, torrential rain with local and coastal flooding, the NWS predicts.
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With an estimated six to 10 inches of rainfall expected, with a few locations to get more than 12 inches, flooding is highly likely, the NWS warned, saying that the Schuylkill river will have “the potential to react rather quickly” and is “highly susceptible to flooding.”
Radnor Township Manager Robert Zienkowski enacted a Declaration of a State of Emergency for the township as of Saturday morning.
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According to the township, this action corresponds with the same declaration made by the State of Pennsylvania and Delaware County and will assist the Township in many areas of emergency operations and actions that will be taken. This includes reimbursement opportunities of Township expenditures through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
On Friday Gov. Tom Corbett declared a state of emergency throughout Pennsylvania, with Delaware County officials issuing a “Declaration of Disaster Emergency.”
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