Thread by @PhillyInquirer

Philly is still working on the clean up from #Ida on Friday evening, and I-676 could be open in time for Made in America this weekend.

Here’s what has been happening since the storm struck Thursday. ⬇️

Heavy rain caused the Schuylkill River to overflow and cause a lot of flooding in Philly — including on Boathouse Row.
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Vine Street Expressway essentially turned into a canal Thursday evening, and crews are still pumping out water back into the Schuylkill.

Here’s how the clean up is happening all over Philly.
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The storm also caused flooding in other parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. In some areas, tornadoes also struck.

Take a look at the destruction in Mullica Hill, N.J.
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Water treatment plants were flooded too, but Philly’s water supply wasn’t affected. But communities in Chester County and Lower Bucks have been given boil water advisories.

Here’s your resource guide to managing in the #IdaAftermath.
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The storm caused a lot of damage in many places. Here are pictures of the #IdaAftermath from across the Philly region.
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All of this seems improbable that it happened so quickly, but it did.

Here’s a timeline of #Ida’s path across the country — from landfall in Louisiana to sweeping through the Northeast this week.
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Hurricane Ida, including its remnants, was one of the most damaging storms so far this century. Ida’s damage amounted to about half the cost in today’s dollars of Hurricane Sandy and a quarter of the cost of Hurricane Katrina.
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