Flooding And The Impact It Can Have Throughout Western Pennsylvania

By Falicia Woody, CBS Pittsburgh

September 20, 2022

Flooding -- It's one of our area's most common and deadly weather threats thanks to our terrain and location near the jet stream, and it can happen during any season at any time.

So are we seeing more of these flooding events? Yes we are.

"If you look at that last 22 years, we've had 5 instances of 3" an hour rain rates observed at Pittsburgh. From 1950-2000 we've only had 4", said Fred McMullen with the National Weather Service.

Click https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsb... for a CBS News video report.

CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.