Floods, triggered by cloudbursts from a massive thunderstorm, spread throughout the area overnight with Jim Thorpe and Tamaqua, where creeks run under their main streets, being hit the hardest, the water surging over their banks and flowing down the streets.

In Jim Thorpe, the force of the floodwaters moved automobiles on West Broadway and broke down arched bridges, with damages expected to be in the hundreds of thousands.

In Tamaqua, where 7 inches of rain fell, flooding of the Wabash Creek caused water to rise over a foot high on Broad Street, causing major damages to homes and stores.