Officials End Evacuation Order for Pa. City As Levees Hold Back Floodwaters, but Other Rivers Rising

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WILKES-BARRE, Pa. -- Levees around this vulnerable city held against the swollen Susquehanna River on Thursday, ending an evacuation order for 200,000, but other towns anxiously watched as rivers approached record crests that threatened to extend the misery from flooding that already has killed at least 13 people.

Emergency officials kept a close eye on the Susquehanna early Thursday, but said conditions were improving and that a recently improved levee system was holding back floodwaters. The river crested at just over 34 feet -- below expectations and well shy of the top of the 41-foot floodwall.

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Officials End Evacuation Order for Pa. City As Levees Hold Back Floodwaters, but Other Rivers Rising

Some of the 300 people who spent the night at GAR Memorial Junior- High School in Wilkes-Barre were loading onto buses for the trip home Thursday morning, carrying pers...

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