Ritchie storm history

The body of an elderly man was found after being swept away by floodwaters due to Hughes River being out of its banks. The vehicle was spotted by passing motorists near State Route 47 in the Cisco area nearly submerged underwater.

Tree damage along Conrad Run Road resulted in over 200 homes to be without power near the community of Hazelgreen.

Several trees were blown down across Oil Ridge Road near Cairo Road outside of Harrisville.

A tree and adjacent power lines were blown down near Main Street in Harrisville.

In Cairo, power lines were blown down onto Main Street.

A tree was blown down on Glendale Road outside the town of Cairo.

A tree was blown down along Dry Run Road in Hazelwood.

Flooding was observed on Clayton Street and Myles Avenue near the Family Dollar in Pennsboro. Additional flooding was noted near structures along Pike Road and Glendale Road in Ellenboro, on Washington Avenue, over a bridge and under a doublewide on Stewarts Run.

A bridge was washed out in the Washburn and Chevaux-De-Frise area.

In Pennsboro, one tree fell onto Cunningham Run Road and another along Bunnell Run Road.

In the community of Toll Gate, a tree was blown down along River Road.

One tree was blown down on Shields Hill Road between Long Run and Big Run.

A tree brought down power lines along Auburn Road near Route 74.

A tree was blown down and blocked one lane of Cairo Road at Cherokee Lane near Cairo.

A tree was blown down onto power lines in Rutherford.

Near the town of Pennsboro, a tree fell down and blocked both lanes of Haddox Run Road.

A tree fell down onto Marietta Run Crossover near Nutters Farm.

Power lines were blown down across the driveway of a home along Lost Run Road in Hannahdale.

Multiple trees and power lines were blown down in and around the town of Harrisville.

South Fork Hughes River below Macfarlan exceeded a bankfull level of 22 feet on the afternoon of February 6th. The river crested around 22.1 feet during the afternoon and then returned below bankfull later that evening. This led to flooding of low sections of Oxbow Road and agric…

In Pennsboro, a tree was knocked down and blocked Cunningham Run Road.

Power lines were blown down along Tanner Road in Big Springs.

Several trees were knocked down around the town of Cairo. A few fell onto the local roads and one almost fell onto a trailer.

Three trees were blown down across Rolling River Road outside of Cairo.

One tree fell in front of a home near the Harrisville township.

A large tree was blown down a quarter mile away from Route 50 in Petroleum.

Downed trees and power lines caused a fire to ignite at Route 53 and Route 47 in Petroleum.

Outside of Pennsboro, several trees were blown down. One occurred on Mountain Drive and the others along Haddox Run and Burton Run.

One downed tree was observed on Pennsboro Industrial Park Road, which blocked both lanes of traffic.

In Harrisville, a tree brought down power lines onto Smiths Run Road.

Below the town of Mac Farlan, the South Fork Hughes River exceeded its bankfull level not long after midnight on the 12th. Waters rose to a crest of around 25.2 feet on the afternoon of the 12th and then fell back below bankfull that evening. Low sections of Oxbow Road below the …