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Resource Center For Flood Victims Opening


Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com

The multi-agency resource center for flooding victims in Lower Bucks County will be open Tuesday and Wednesday.

The center will be housed at Keystone Elementary School at 1800 Keystone Street in Bristol Township’s Croydon section. The center will be open from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.

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Residents who were impacted by last Monday’s flash flooding in Bucks County and Philadelphia will be able to attend the center that is hosted by Bucks County and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA).

The center will have officials from local government, state government, and nonprofit organizations.

The agencies set to participate include:

  • American Red Cross
  • Bucks County Animal Response Team
  • Bucks County Area Agency on Aging
  • Bucks County Children and Youth Social Services Agency
  • Bucks County Emergency Management Agency
  • Bucks County Health Department
  • Bucks County Intermediate Unit Head Start Program
  • Bucks County Office of Military Affairs
  • Bucks County Opportunity Council
  • City of Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management
  • Legal Aid of Southeastern PA
  • PA Department of Environmental Protection
  • PA Department of Transportation
  • PA Office of Attorney General
  • PA Emergency Management Agency
  • PA Housing Finance Agency
  • PA Insurance Commission
  • PA Labor and Industry
  • Salvation Army
  • Southeast Volunteers Organization Active in Disaster (VOAD) 
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Those who are having trouble with housing are asked to contact Bucks County Housing Link at 1-800-810-4434.

Residents and business owners can report storm damage to municipal officials using the phone numbers below:

  • Bensalem Township โ€“ 215-633-3741
  • Bristol Borough โ€“ 215-788-3828, ext. 12
  • Bristol Township โ€“ 267-812-2938
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Since the storm, Bristol Borough has tallied 50 homes that were damaged and there were more than 400 with damage in Bristol Township.

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