 Residents in northeast Pennsylvania and New York are breathing sighs of relief Friday after flood walls and levees held their own against flooding that has killed at least 14 people in four states.Officials predicted millions of dollars in damages and a massive cleanup.Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell declared a state of emergency for about 40 counties to make state resources available to local governments, but was thankful Thursday that the damage wasn't worse."It appears that we have dodged a bullet," he said.The swollen Delaware River in Pennsylvania crested Thursday, and the river level was falling on the Susquehanna River. An evacuation order covering about 200,000 people was lifted for Wilkes-Barre, after the city's $175 million levee system held back the river's rushing water...
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