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Two Dead, Possibly More As Philadelphia Region Recovers From Tornadoes, Major Flooding Two Dead, Possibly More As Philadelphia Region Recovers From Tornadoes, Major Flooding
Two Dead, Possibly More As Philadelphia Region Recovers From Tornadoes, Major Flooding Two people have died as of Thursday afternoon as a result of Wednesday night's storm in the Philadelphia region, reports say. That number is expected to rise. Authorities told 6abc a woman was killed after a tree came down on a home in Upper Dublin Township (Montgomery County). Her identity was not released. Donald Allen Bauer, 65, of Perkiomenville, died after driving his 2013 Mazda CX-9 into the flood waters of Unami Creek in Milford Township (Bucks County), PA State Police said. The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office is also reportedly investigating three storm-related deaths, Chair of…

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by Nicole Acosta
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5-Month-Old Tests Positive For COVID-19 In Montgomery County, Hospitals Severely Strained 5-Month-Old Tests Positive For COVID-19 In Montgomery County, Hospitals Severely Strained
5-Month-Old Tests Positive For Covid-19 In Montgomery County, Hospitals Severely Strained Montgomery County's hospitals haven't seen numbers like this before.  As of Wednesday, Dec. 9, the county's hospitals had 539 people with COVID-19, according to Dr. Val Arkoosh, chair of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners. Additionally, 239 cases were reported since Tuesday, Dec. 8. Among them, a 5-year-old baby and a 95-year-old individual, Arkoosh said.  Despite hospitals being much better equipped to face the pandemic than they were in March or April, the county's healthcare system has never had this many COVID-19 patients before -- even at the onset of the pandemic, the phys…

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by Cecilia Levine