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PHOTOS: Susquehanna River levels near record low in Luzerne County

PLAINS TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Anyone who has walked or driven past the Susquehanna River in the Wyoming Valley will tell you the levels are quite low.

28/22 News got a look at the Susquehanna River towards Plains Township just off River Street.

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Two months of very little rain resulted in part of the river bed being exposed instead of underwater.

Courtesy of Julia Priest

The latest observed stage on Sunday afternoon at the river gauge in Wilkes-Barre is just one-tenth of a foot.

Levels along the Susquehanna River are near record lows on the Main Stem as well as the West Branch in Central Pennsylvania.

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