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Floods: State of the rivers

Major streams near peak; the Delaware crests tomorrow.

The region's waterways are still processing the mass quantities of tropical moisture they ingested, and some of the major ones remain above flood stage.

The National Weather Service reports that the Neshaminy Creek, at Langhorne, and the Brandywine, at Chadds Ford, have just past their crests and are starting to go down.

The Neshaminy was at 10.25 feet, or 1.25 above flood stage, and the Brandywine at 13.1, 4.1 above the flood level.

The Schuylkill at Philadelphia was at 13.05, 2.05 above flood level, and 17.8 at Norristown, about 10 inches over flood stage, but the river appeared to be settling down.

As for the Delaware, it was roaring past Trenton at 14.82. Flood stage is 20 feet, and it is forecast to hit 20.9 feet by 2 p.m. tomorrow, and perhaps stay at that level for 12 hours.

This site has the latest river forecasts.