Residents in the area say they've never seen it rain so hard before that live wires came down in the streets.
"There is now a tree down on my neighbor's garage with a live wire under it, so it sounds like PECO's going to have come over and cut the power," said Amelia Gale from Conshohocken.
"We're in the house, we heard a big bang and I saw the lightning and these wires down," said Pat Sarro from Conshohocken.Despite his home needing some work, Sarro considers himself and his neighbors lucky.The National Weather Service is warning people to not drive or walk through flood waters but instead reach higher ground.
It also says it's important to enable emergency alerts on your phone so you can be aware of the weather and risks at all times.
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