Yardley Urging Evacuations Due To Flooding; River Road Impassable

YARDLEY, PA — Yardley residents east of the Delaware Canal are being urged to evacuate voluntarily as the canal is overflowing its bounds.

The county sent an urgent message around 10 p.m. Wednesday night with the request. Wednesday brought widespread storms, flash flood warnings, and tornado watches in Bucks County as the remnants of Hurricane Ida move through Pennsylvania.

Rivermawr and Flats residents were encouraged by Yardley Borough to evacuate their homes due to the flooding. River Road has become impassable, borough officials said, adding that evacuation is now "strongly suggested."

To Flats residents, officials wrote, "Take necessary precautions and evacuate now."

Immediately prior, residents had been told to prepare for possible evacuation.

Photographs of a Maplevale Drive home on Wednesday night show a completely flooded first floor. The road immediately borders the canal.

Even with the aqueduct waste gate open, police said Wednesday that water continued to flow rapidly down Brown Avenue.

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