{"id":854733,"date":"2026-09-20T21:42:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T21:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/854733\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T21:42:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T21:42:18","slug":"washington-county-officials-ask-residents-for-damage-reports-amid-flooding-chance-of-more-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/854733\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington County officials ask residents for damage reports amid flooding, chance of more rain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">WASHINGTON, Pa. \u2014 Washington County officials are asking the public to submit damage reports amid flooding and the chance of more rainfall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/photos-steady-rain\/AY4AIIC3QBHV5KX3GZ65GXR6SU\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/photos-steady-rain\/AY4AIIC3QBHV5KX3GZ65GXR6SU\/\">&gt;&gt;&gt; PHOTOS: Steady rain leaves local areas flooded &lt;&lt;&lt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Just before 5 p.m. Sunday, Washington County Emergency Services issued a release, urging residents and businesses whose structures or property were damaged to report it through their online system.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Most of the county was experiencing some level of flooding, officials say, and tracking damage in real time is critical, particularly ahead of more potential rain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">RELATED COVERAGE &gt;&gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/canton-township-declares-state-emergency-response-flooding\/DVV4AZ7LCRHCZCZLMNQLZZXPZU\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/canton-township-declares-state-emergency-response-flooding\/DVV4AZ7LCRHCZCZLMNQLZZXPZU\/\">Canton Township declares state of emergency in response to flooding<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cWe are continuing to see the impacts of severe weather across the county, and with more rain possible, it is critical that we receive information as quickly as possible,\u201d said Deputy Director of Washington County Emergency Management Dan Harvey. \u201cEvery report helps us understand the scope of the damage and determine what resources and assistance may be needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Municipalities are also told to report storm impacts, including any disaster or emergency declarations, to emergency management. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">RELATED COVERAGE &gt;&gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/washington-mayor-stresses-drains-were-working-during-floods-caused-by-record-rainfall\/QZL3BIUAXJGXHBWLLUEWR6J5PY\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/washington-mayor-stresses-drains-were-working-during-floods-caused-by-record-rainfall\/QZL3BIUAXJGXHBWLLUEWR6J5PY\/\">Washington mayor stresses drains were working during floods caused by record rainfall<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/crisistrack.juvare.com\/public\/washingtonPA\/request.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/crisistrack.juvare.com\/public\/washingtonPA\/request.html\">Click here<\/a> to submit a damage report. This link is separate from the one for storms back on Sept. 12. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON, Pa. \u2014 Washington County officials are asking the public to submit damage reports amid flooding and the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":854734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,162943,361000,361002,24483,361001,1023,451,3,452,453,2002,360998,360999,360997],"class_list":["post-854733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-canton-township","tag-canton-township-flooding","tag-damage-report","tag-flood","tag-flood-report","tag-flooding","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-washington","tag-washington-county-flooding","tag-washington-flood","tag-washington-flooding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=854733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/854734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=854733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=854733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=854733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}