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A look at key storm developments in Pennsylvania

— INJURIES/DEATHS: Three people were killed, including an 8-year-old Susquehanna County boy who died when a tree limb fell on him in Franklin Township, just north of Montrose. In Berks County, a 62-year-old man was killed after a tree fell atop his house in Pike Township near Boyertown. A man trimming a tree in preparation for the storm fell and died Sunday in Rapho Township, Lancaster County. An infant was slightly injured when a tree fell on a house in Upper Darby in Delaware County on Monday.

— POWER OUTAGES: More than 1.2 million customers were without power throughout Pennsylvania as of 10:30 p.m. Monday, according to utilities FirstEnergy, PECO and PPL.

— EVACUATIONS: The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission advised residents of about 80 homes downstream of the Speedwell Forge Lake Dam in Elizabeth Township, Lancaster County, to evacuate as a precaution. Bensalem Township, north of Philadelphia, ordered more than 100 residences evacuated Monday; In Darby Borough, just southwest of Philadelphia, 150-200 people were evacuated.

— SHELTERS: Approximately 600 people were in 14 Philadelphia-area shelters and 60 people were in 17 shelters in central Pennsylvania, according to the Red Cross; A total of 58 Red Cross evacuation centers are on standby with a capacity for 31,000.

— KEY ROAD/GOVERNMENT CLOSINGS: State offices are closed Monday and Tuesday except for essential personnel. All Pennsylvania state appellate courts closed Monday and Tuesday; county courts closed on a county-by-county basis.

Call 5-1-1 or visit www.511PA.com to check traffic warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speeds on interstates and traffic cameras. Pennsylvania law imposes fines up to $500 plus emergency response costs on motorists who drive past "road closed" signs.

US Airways canceled all flights Tuesday at Philadelphia, New York, Boston and Washington, D.C.'s Reagan National Airport. It hoped to resume operations at all airports Wednesday.

Major interstates around Philadelphia reopened early Tuesday including I-95 and I-676, and portions of I-476, I-76 and U.S. Route 1 extension in Philadelphia.

PennDOT reported significant numbers of road closures because of downed trees, power lines and flooding, most of them in southeastern Pennsylvania.

Speed limits reduced to 45 miles per hour on highways in central and eastern Pennsylvania, including all or portions of: I-81, I-78, I-176, I-80, I-380.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike is operating under a weather emergency. Motorists are urged to limit non-essential travel and reduce speeds for safety.

All traffic is prohibited from crossing five Delaware River bridges: Walt Whitman, Ben Franklin, Betsy Ross, Commodore Barry and the Delaware River Bridge on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

Pennsylvania wine and liquor stores closed at 3 p.m. Monday; stores in southeastern Pennsylvania did not open at all.

Tuesday's absentee ballot application deadline is extended for a day or two for counties where courthouses were closed Monday, Tuesday, or both.

— HIGHLIGHT: Skyrocketing power outages, road closures in Philadelphia area, bridge closures across Delaware River, speed reductions on major highways and scattered evacuations.

— QUOTE OF THE DAY: "They're telling me this is going to be worse than (Hurricane) Floyd because this is some superstorm. I'm not going back until the water's receded." — Sheila Gladden evacuated from her home in Philadelphia's flood-prone Eastwick neighborhood.

 

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