As water recedes, some allowed to return home

WILKES-BARRE - Luzerne County emergency management officials lifted mandatory evacuation orders affecting about 70,000 people around Wilkes-Barre on Saturday as the engorged Susquehanna River receded from a record-setting 42.66-foot crest. By noon, the water had pulled back to about 31 feet ...

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