{"id":685654,"date":"2026-03-27T14:07:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T14:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/685654\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T14:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T14:07:12","slug":"heavy-rain-leads-to-flooding-road-closures-across-pittsburgh-area-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/685654\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy rain leads to flooding, road closures across Pittsburgh area \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Heavy rain moved through the area overnight, leading to flooding and road closures across the Pittsburgh area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><b>&gt;&gt;&gt; <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/weather\/flood-warnings-continue-until-late-morning-much-area\/A7ACKKINJVFGTP7GUZTH5CZ6T4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/weather\/flood-warnings-continue-until-late-morning-much-area\/A7ACKKINJVFGTP7GUZTH5CZ6T4\/\"><b>Flood warnings continue until late morning for much of the area<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Allegheny County<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">White Oak Volunteer Fire Department said Route 48 is closed at Cool Springs Road due to flooding. In addition, they said to also avoid using Rippel Road if possible. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Washington County<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">In South Strabane, Locust Avenue is closed from Hudak Hill to the I-79 interchange due to a landslide that is compromising the roadway. The South Strabane Fire Department says to seek alternate routes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Canton Township posted on Facebook, saying that multiple roads in the township are closed due to flooding. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The township fire department said the following roads are impacted:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Georgetown Road underpass <\/li>\n<li>Hahn Road at Maple Lane<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cPlease do not drive through flooded roadways! Turn around and find a safer route!,\u201d the township said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Several schools in the area have also made changes throughout the day due to flooding and power outages. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/weather\/school-closings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/weather\/school-closings\/\">Click here<\/a> to see a list of closings and delays.<\/p>\n<p><b>Westmoreland County<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Route 982 between Mission Road and Route 30 in Latrobe is closed due to high creek levels.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><b>Download the <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b>FREE WPXI News app<\/b><\/a><b> for breaking news alerts.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><b>Follow Channel 11 News on <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Facebook<\/b><\/a><b> and <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Twitter<\/b><\/a><b>. | <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Watch WPXI NOW<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heavy rain moved through the area overnight, leading to flooding and road closures across the Pittsburgh area. &gt;&gt;&gt;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":685655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[23],"tags":[287881,22790,746,8580,287883,7053,6773,196276,159,287882,3883,67,132,68,8838],"class_list":["post-685654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-canton-township","tag-closings","tag-environment","tag-flooding","tag-locust-avenue","tag-power-outages","tag-rain","tag-school-closings","tag-science","tag-south-strabane","tag-storms","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-washington-county"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116301532015552362","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=685654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/685655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=685654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=685654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}