{"id":118762,"date":"2026-02-20T05:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T05:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/118762\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T05:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T05:05:10","slug":"ice-jam-prompts-road-closures-safety-concerns-in-clarion-county-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/118762\/","title":{"rendered":"Ice jam prompts road closures, safety concerns in Clarion County town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CLARION COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) \u2014 The town of New Bethlehem is on high-alert as melting snow and ice has caused an ice jam along a local creek, prompting area roadways to be shut down.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency officials in Clarion County say local water levels have risen at least a foot or two as warmer temperatures continue to melt what is left of the snow and ice.<\/p>\n<p>Photos from our crew show emergency responders working along Brookville Street to contain any potential flooding.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, <a href=\"https:\/\/wjactv.com\/news\/local\/jefferson-county-emergency-officials-on-high-alert-for-potential-ice-jams-flooding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">6 News spoke with officials in Jefferson County<\/a> as they too are preparing for potential ice jams along their local waterways.<\/p>\n<p>According to our 6 News severe weather team, ice jams are created when large chunks of ice pile-up on a river or creek, preventing the proper flow of the water.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>The blockage can then significantly reduce the flow of the waterway, leading to localized flooding of roads and property near the river or creek. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLARION COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) \u2014 The town of New Bethlehem is on high-alert as melting snow and ice&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-118762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}