UPDATE: Aftermath of Irene: Flooding, Evacuations, Downed Wires and Trees, Thousands Without Power

(Updated 4:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 29) As of 4:16 p.m. Monday, 3,095 PECO customers in Lower Merion Township remain without power, according to an email from police Supt. Michael McGrath forwarded by Commissioner Jenny Brown.

There are 150,112 total PECO customers who remain without power as of the same time, according to the email.

In addition to the previously reported road closings on Conshohocken State Road and Youngs Ford Road in Gladwyne, Morris Road is closed at Harriton Road in Bryn Mawr, and Morris Road is also closed at Caversham Road in Bryn Mawr, according to another email from McGrath forwarded by Jenny Brown to residents.

Lafayette Road in Gladwyne is closed at several locations, and Youngs Ford Road is closed at Briar Hill Road in Gladwyne.

Conshohocken State Road is closed at Barr Lane and at Norsam Road.  Barr Lane should be open shortly, but Norsam Road could take until tomorrow because of electric and gas problems.

The Old Gulph Road Ford will remain closed due to the fact there is not a safe passage from the ford because Mulberry Lane is closed, and a tree limb is leaning on wires ready to fall on Old Gulph, according to the email. Travelers are ignoring the "road closed" barricades only having to turn around at the ford gate or on Mulberry where the wires are down, according to the email.

(Updated 3:55 p.m. Monday, Aug. 29) Conshohocken State Road remains closed between Mill Creek Road and Scott Road in Gladwyne, according to an update from Lower Merion Township.

Youngs Ford Road is closed at Monticello Road in Gladwyne, according to the update. These roads are closed because of fallen trees and exposed power lines and are expected to remain closed through Tuesday morning rush hour. 

River Road in Gladwyne is now open to traffic, the update states.

(Updated noon, Monday, Aug. 29) SEPTA's Paoli/Thorndale line, along with the Cynwyd, Norristown and Trenton regional rail lines, are currently suspended. 

All lines are operating with at least 15-minute delays because of weather-related issues, according to SEPTA.

(Updated 11:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 29) The Lower Merion Township Public Works Department is waiving trash can limits until Friday, Sept. 9 so residents can get rid of storm-related debris, according to a message from ReadyNotifyPA. 

Residents can also bring their storm-related debris to the township transfer station at 1300 Woodbine Avenue in Penn Valley at no cost until Sept. 9, according to the message.

(Updated 10:45 a.m. Monday, Aug. 29) There are still a number of road closings and power outages in Lower Merion, most of which are in the Bryn Mawr-Gladwyne Patch area.

Conshohocken State Road remains closed at Country Club Road, Greaves Lane and Lafayette Road in Gladwyne, according to a Lower Merion news release issued 10 a.m. Monday.

River Road in Gladwyne also remains closed due to mud, shallow water, rocks and debris covering it, the release states.

"Significant progress was made by PECO and Township Shade Tree Divisions overnight, but there is significant work yet to do," the release reads.

More than 5,000 homes in Lower Merion Township remain without power, and there are more than 100 locations with trees down throughout Lower Merion, according to the release.

Hurricane Irene left the greater Philadelphia area on Sunday morning, leaving behind a number of damages in several towns with her.

Flooding

Some areas like experienced some of the most severe flooding. The Schuylkill River in West Conshohocken overflowed into business and corporate centers, parking lots, the Conshohocken SEPTA station and apartment/condominium complexes. In addition to train tracks and numerous other items including cars, a small, short-haired brown dog was found floating in the water at Bicentennial Park in Plymouth. 

In the and border, Paxon Hollow Road at Dog Kennel Road was impassable due to major flooding. The nearby park had turned into a large river, leaving roads very dangerous. Meanwhile in , parts of Glendale Road had also experienced flooding.

Other areas of major flooding included the area underneath the commuter tunnel in , which already had about a foot of water by Saturday evening. Flash flooding had also occurred around the Lower Merion area. Police issued out a statement by Saturday afternoon requesting, "that everyone restrict travel immediately and not use the roadways until Sunday afternoon...many locations are experiencing flooding conditions. The locations are too numerous to list."

Parts of , such as the creek area around Iven Avenue and Gulph Creek had already started to flood by Satruday evening. North Wayne and Walnut avenues had also experienced flooding. A home on on Lancaster Avenue also had major flooding in its front yard.

In , the susceptible flood-prone areas of Crum Creek near Lewis Run in the Echo Valley section of the township had overflowed from the storm.

Evacuations

Residents who resided in heavily flooded areas were evacuated from Saturday evening through Sunday morning.

In Tredyffrin on Saturday afternoon, large scale evacuations were underway in the Glenhardie community of Tredyffrin. According to fire and township officials, they had planned for this possibility, especially around Trout Creek.

In Radnor, two evacuation notices were sent out by the township to residents around Little Darby Creek of Malin Road, Briarwood Road and Amherst Circle and residents located on Gulph Creek on Willow Avenue were evacuated to the emergency shelter at Radnor High School.

Early Saturday evening, Marple officials ordered an emergency evacuation for residents around Darby Creek.

On Sunday morning, evacuations continued for Plymouth-Whitemarsh. Residents residing in high tower apartment complexes around the Schuylkill River were evacuated by township police.

Downed Wires and Trees

Numerous amounts of reports and calls were made and reported for downed wires and trees in almost every township in the greater Philadelphia area. One of the most amount of reports made for downed trees were reported in the Bryn Mawr-Gladwyne area.

Power Outages

Thousands were without power throughout the storm. On Sunday morning around 6 a.m., PECO's outage map had estimated more than 3,500 residents in each of the surrounding counties–Chester, Delaware Montgomery and Philadelphia–were all without power.

Though some households received their power back throughout the day on Sunday, many were still without power by early evening Sunday.

Danielle Vickery contributed to this report.