Sources: WCAU
A firefighter is killed and five other people are injured after a building collapses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. 2022-06-18
Three people are killed and eleven others wounded in a mass shooting in the South Street neighbourhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. 2022-06-4
Pennsylvania becomes the 10th U.S. state to reach President Joe Biden’s goal of vaccinating 70% of adults. 2021-05-26
Pennsylvania reports its first case of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a resident of Dauphin County who traveled internationally. 2021-01-7
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf tests positive for COVID-19 and begins quarantining at his home. 2020-12-9
Pennsylvania reports 12,884 new cases in the past 24 hours, a new single-day record since the pandemic began. 2020-12-5
Health Secretary Rachel Levine announces that out-of-state travelers will be required to either quarantine or present a negative COVID-19 test to enter the state. 2020-11-17
A shooting spree kills six people throughout Montgomery County in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania suburbs. The suspect, Bradley William Stone, remains at large. 2014-12-15
Two students, a male and a female in stable condition, are each shot in the arm by an at-large gunman, who may be a student, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's Delaware Valley Charter School high school. [http:--news.msn.com-crime-justice-police-2-philadelphia-high-school-students-shot (MSN)]date=April 2020 2014-01-17
The National Weather Service issues flash flooding warnings for the states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Maryland and Virginia. [http:--news.smh.com.au-breaking-news-world-mass-evacuation-as-floods-hit-us-northeast-20110909-1k0aq.html (AFP via "Sydney Morning Herald")]More than 12 inches (30 cm) of rain falls in the region surrounding the capital of Harrisburg, causing heavy flooding and evacuations. [https:--www.reuters.com-article-2011-09-08-usa-flooding-idUSN1E78719D20110908 (Reuters)]115,000 people are ordered to evacuate from the city of Wilkes-Barre and Kingston as flood waters threaten the levees along the Susquehanna River in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. [https:--web.archive.org-web-20140407094759-http:--www.timesleader.com-news-Mandatory-Evacuation-of-Wyoming-Valley.html ("The Times Leader")]Heavy rains and rockslides close the Schuylkill Expressway, a major artery into Philadelphia. [http:--www.myfoxphilly.com-dpp-weather-Lees_Remnants_Flash_Flooding_Closes_Schuylkill_Expressway_090811 (FOX Philly)]Pennsylvania closes and evacuates the Pennsylvania Governor's Residence and the state government is suspended. [http:--www.pennlive.com-midstate-index.ssf-2011-09-evacuation_of_pa_governors_res.html ("Patriot-News")]At least four deaths are reported in Pennsylvania and one Maryland. [http:--www.wgal.com-news-29113067-detail.html (WGAL)] [http:--www.bellinghamherald.com-2011-09-08-2176018-heavy-rains-cause-flooding-evacuations.html ("Los Angeles Times" via "Bellingham Herald")]date=August 2019 At least four deaths are reported in Pennsylvania and one Maryland. [http:--www.wgal.com-news-29113067-detail.html (WGAL)] [http:--www.bellinghamherald.com-2011-09-08-2176018-heavy-rains-cause-flooding-evacuations.html ("Los Angeles Times" via "Bellingham Herald")]date=August 2019 2011-09-8