Tropical Storm Isaias has lived up to the hype in eastern Pennsylvania Tuesday, producing torrential rains that have flooded parts of Main Street in downtown Hellertown as well as numerous roads in Lower Saucon Township and surrounding areas. Photos taken around noon by an eyewitness to the Hellertown flooding show part of the intersection of Main and Water streets as well as the 600 block of Main Street submerged by the floodwaters of the Silver Creek, which is diverted beneath the roadway in that block and has contributed to significant flooding problems in the past. Even with sump pumps working at full tilt, basements in the historically flood-prone area were reportedly filling with storm water. Cars parked in the area of the flash flooding were also in danger of being flooded out. The borough announced in an email that Main Street between Penn and Water streets along with sections of Harris Street, Water Street and the intersection of Polk Valley Road and Main Street were all closed as of 12:30 p.m. due to flooding.
