Over 70 people had to be rescued from rooftops by U.S. Coast Guard helicopters after being stranded by the floodwaters. At the Wilkes-Barre flood protection levee, the river was at , which was about the record level reached in Hurricane Agnes and at which point catastrophic flooding takes place. Forecasts predicted that the river would crest at above , exceeding any other event other than Agnes and leading to significant flooding in other communities with less protection.
Over 70 people had to be rescued from rooftops by U.S. Coast Guard helicopters after being stranded by floodwaters. At the Wilkes-Barre flood protection levee, the river was at , which was about the record level reached in Hurricane Agnes and at which point catastrophic flooding takes place. Forecasts predicted that the river would crest at above , exceeding any other event other than Agnes and leading to significant flooding in other communities with less protection.