Tamaqua suffered significant damage from a series of heavy rain storms that seemed to stall over the community on Tuesday, pushing the Little Schuylkill River to dangerous levels and sending the Wabash Creek over its banks.

The Wabash Creek, encased in a 1850s stone arch tunnel as it flows beneath downtown streets, filled to capacity and broke through West Rowe Street, lifting the macadam and flooding Rowe, Berwick, West Broad, Nescopec and South Railroad streets.Businesses in the unit block of West Broad Street report basements flooded to the 8-feet level. Homeowners along West Rowe Street are dealing with 1/2 to one foot of water at the basement level, as is the Tamaqua train station.Elsewhere in the community, the Howard Buehler Memorial Pool at Tamaqua Bungalow Park was overwhelmed by swollen mountain springs which flooded the facility, filling the pool complex with muddy water and causing extensive damage.See the Photo Gallery for flood photos:

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