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Torrential Rain Causes Road Closures, Flooding

Cars at Robert Bruce Apartments on Horsham Road are submerged in water as Pennypack Creek threatens to flood at Old Mill Inn.

Roads in and around Hatboro were closed Monday night as water from the evening downpour flooded the roadways, making them impassable. 

Hatboro Police Chief James Gardner left Monday's Hatboro Borough Council meeting in a hurry. Gardner said he did not know if residences had been flooded and that police were "still assessing."

Cars parked at Robert Bruce Apartments on Horsham Road were submerged in water. Nearby, at the corner of Horsham and York roads, Pennypack Creek threatened to overflow its banks at the site of the . 

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