1,400 Damage Reports, Recovery Center To Open: Montco Ida Updates

NORRISTOWN, PA — A multi-agency resource center will be launched to assist Montgomery County as it continues to recover from the devastating impacts of the remnants of Hurricane Ida last week.

The center, located at 2 W. Lafayette Street in Norristown, will be open from Wednesday, Sept. 8, from noon to 7 p.m., and on Thursday, Sept. 9, from 9 a.m. 5 p.m.

The center will connect residents with a wide variety of recovery resources, including state emergency management agencies, elected officials, and county and state human services agencies.

The storm brought historic flooding to the Schuylkill River and Perkiomen Creek, while a powerful tornado with wind gusts up to 130 miles per hour ripped through parts of Whitemarsh and Horsham townships. Three people died in the county as a result of the storm.

Some 1,400 people in Montgomery County have already filed damage reports. Residents are urged to report any damage immediately through a two part process: contact the county here, and then contact your individual township (list of municipal contacts available here).

For immediate assistance in cutting fallen trees, removing drywall, flooring, and other issues, call the county's Ida Crisis Cleanup Hotline at (844) 965-1386.

For those displaced by the storm, a shelter for families and individuals (with or without pets) is open at Norristown Area High School.

Several roads remain closed around the county:

• Bridge 59- W. Valley Green Road, Wissahickon Creek, Whitemarsh Twp.
• Bridge 84 - Price Road - Unami Creek, Marlboro Twp.
• Bridge 98 - Keller Creamery Rd. Indian Creek, Franconia Twp.
• Bridge 100 – Spring Mount Road, Swamp Creek, Lower Fredrick Twp.
• Bridge 132 - Pawling Rd., Schuylkill River, Lower Providence Twp.
• Bridge 142- Germantown Pike Skippack Creek, Lower Providence Twp.
• Bridge 147- Freeman School Rd., E. Branch Perkiomen Creek, Lower Salford
• Bridge 151- Old Sumneytown Pike- E. Branch Perkiomen, Upper Salford Twp.
• Bridge 224- Rittenhouse Rd., Skippack Creek, Towamencin Twp.
• Bridge 229- 11th Street, Macoby Creek, Upper Hanover Twp.
• Bridge 286- Mt. Pleasant Ave., Wissahickon Creek, Whipain Twp.
• Bridge 293- Buck Road, Macoby Ck., Upper Hanover Twp.