Crews respond to Susquehanna River after kayaker overturns

NOW, THE WGAL NEWS EIGHT STORM TEAM FORECAST WITH CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRISTINE FERREIRA. GOOD MORNING. IT IS 648. AND ON THE STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR. WE'RE SEEING SOME RAIN INCREASING ACROSS OUR WESTERN COUNTIES. YOU CAN SEE THE YELLOWS AND ORANGES BACK TOWARD BEDFORD AND HAGERSTOWN. ALL OF THAT WILL SLIDE RIGHT ALONG THE STATE LINE AS IT MOVES EAST. SO PARTS OF ADAMS AND FRANKLIN COUNTY, YOU COULD SEE SOME POCKETS OF MODERATE RAIN OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO, WITH SOME LIGHT RAIN FILLING IN ELSEWHERE. AS FAR AS STORMS GO TODAY, WE HAVE THE MARGINAL RISK THAT VERY LOW RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER FROM ABOUT 10 P.M. OR 10 A.M. TO 2 P.M. SO WE ARE GOING TO BE WATCHING FOR JUST A BROKEN LINE OF SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT COME THROUGH AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT, AND THOSE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR LATER THIS MORNING. SO ON THE PREDICTOR, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE THE RAIN COMING IN FROM THE WEST OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS DURING THE MORNING RUSH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE POCKETS OF RAIN. AND THEN THAT ISOLATED LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 TO 2. AND YOU SEE THEM THERE MOVING THROUGH. SO IT'S NOT A GUARANTEE THAT YOU GET THOSE LATE MORNING, EARLY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS, BUT A FEW WILL BE AROUND AND THEY COULD PACK A PUNCH WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. TODAY, OUR NEWS EIGHT STORM TEAM FORECAST CALLS FOR AREAS OF RAIN TO START YOUR DAY. POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE AND IT WILL BE BREEZY. NOTICE THE WIND PICKS UP THIS AFTERNOON. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 15 TO 25MPH SUSTAINED WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S AND MORE HUMID CONDITIONS. SO YOU'RE GOING TO NOTICE THE WARMTH, THE HUMIDITY AND THE WIND LATER THIS EVENING. MOSTLY SUNNY, BREEZY AND STICKY. HUMIDITY STARTS TO DROP A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THE COLD FRONT TONIGHT. CLOUDS COME RIGHT BACK IN, BUT IT WON'T BE AS HUMID. IT WILL STILL BE BREEZY. TEMPERATURES UPPER 60S. AND LOOK AT TOMORROW. WE DROP THE TEMPERATURES. WE DROP THE HUMIDITY AND EVEN THE CLOUDS. THEY'LL BE AROUND IN THE MORNING, MAYBE A SHOWER SOUTHEAST, THEN GRADUAL CLEARING. SO THE SECOND HALF OF TOMORROW. LOOKING NICE, FEELING A LOT BETTER. IF YOU'RE NOT A FAN OF THE STICKIES, HERE'S OUR TEMPERATURE. 64 DEGREES IN LEWISTOWN, 64 IN 6, 74 IN HARRISBURG, 74 IN LANCASTER. AND WE HAVE 71 DEGREES IN CHAMBERSBURG. OUR DEW POINTS HAVE COME UP FROM THE 40S EARLIER THIS WEEK TO THE 60S NOW, SO THAT'S WHY IT FEELS MORE HUMID, A LITTLE MORE UNCOMFORTABLE. WIND SPEEDS TODAY PICKING UP ALREADY OUT OF THE SOUTH. THEY'LL BE OUT OF THE WEST LATER, 15 TO 25MPH SUSTAINED. AND SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35MPH. TREE GRASS POLLEN LEVELS REMAIN MODERATE. OUR AIR QUALITY IS LOOKING GOOD. UV INDEX TODAY HIGH TO MODERATE WITH A BURN TIME OF 25 TO 30 MINUTES. HERE'S THE STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR AGAIN SHOWING THAT RAIN COMING IN FROM THE WEST. LOOK AT ALL THE STORMS BACK THROUGH OHIO, KENTUCKY, WEST VIRGINIA. THOSE ARE REMNANT STORMS FROM WHAT FIRED IN THE MIDWEST EARLIER LAST NIGHT. SO FOR TODAY WE ARE LOOKING FOR AT LEAST A CHANCE FOR SOME MORNING RAIN AND THEN AN ISOLATED CHANCE FOR A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HERE COMES THAT COLD FRONT THIS EVENING. AND THAT SHOULD END OUR THREAT FOR ANY RAIN. ALSO EASE THE WIND A LITTLE BIT OVERNIGHT FOR TOMORROW. NOTICE THE RAIN IS A CLOSE SHAVE. THERE COULD BE A FEW SHOWERS SOUTHEAST IN THE MORNING AND THEN WE CLEAR OUT LATER IN THE DAY. BIG BLUE H HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN LATER ON FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY, LOCKING IN THAT SUNSHINE TO START THE WEEKEND. THE LOW HUMIDITY AND THE COMFY FEEL. SO WE HAVE A HIGH OF 82 ON SATURDAY AND ON FATHER'S DAY. LOOK FOR INCREASING CLOUDS ON SUNDAY. WE SHOULD BE SEEING A CHANCE OF RAIN EARLY NEXT WEEK. A DECENT CHANCE AT LEAST A MORE WIDESPREAD SOAKING. SO SOME BENEFICIAL RAIN ON THE WAY MONDAY AFTER THAT, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY LOOK DRY WITH MINIMAL RAIN CHANCES TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK. BUT THE FIRST WEEK OF SUMMER NOT LOOKING TOO HOT. IN FACT, RIGHT AROUND AVERAGE LOW 80S FOR HIGHS. LET'S GO TO OUR ROADS NOW AND CHECK IN WITH REGINA. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING CHRISTINE AND GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. RIGHT NOW WE STILL HAVE A CRASH IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY. THIS IS UPPER ALLEN TOWNSHIP ROUTE 14 NORTHBOUND AT ROUTE 114. LOOKS LIKE TRAFFIC STILL MOVING. ALSO, INSPECTIONS ARE SCHEDULED THIS MORNING STARTING IN ABOUT TWO HOURS THERE IN EAST COLCALICO TOWNSHIP LANCASTER COUNTY SOUTHBOUND RIGHT LANE RESTRICTIONS STARTING AT NINE THROUGH NOON AND THEN FROM NOON THE SOUTHBOUND LEFT LANE WILL BE RESTRICTED. SO THAT COULD SLOW YOU DOWN THERE. TAKING A PEEK OUTSIDE, WE MENTIONED SOME AREAS SEEING RAIN. THIS IS METAL TOWNSHIP IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. YOU CAN SEE THE RAIN DROPS ON THE TURNPIKE AT WILLOW HILL. THERE YOU CAN SEE TRAFFIC IS MOVING JUST FINE THOUGH. JUST BE CAUTIOUS OF SOME RAIN THAT YOU MIGHT SEE. AND CHAMBERSBURG TO GETTYSBURG. IF YOU'RE DRIVING OUT 38 MINUTE DRIVE THERE ON 30. CHAMBERSBURG TO HARRISBURG, 48 MINUTE DRIVE, AND CARLISLE, THAT'S JUST UNDER A 30 MINUTE COMMUTE. WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER UPDATE FOR YOU IN ABOUT TWO MINUTES. THIS HAS BEEN A LANCASTER TOYOTA TRAFFIC REPORT. RIGHT NOW, POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING NEAR WIDENER UNIVERSITY THAT'S IN CHESTER IN DELAWARE COUNTY, WHICH IS SOUTHWEST OF PHILADELPHIA. POLICE SAY THIS HAPPENED JUST AFTER 11:00 LAST NIGHT AT A RESTAURANT NEAR CAMPUS. POLICE HAVE NOT SHARED HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE HURT OR ANNOUNCED. ANY ARRESTS. THE DEFENSE TEAM FOR THE MAN CHARGED WITH SHOOTING AND KILLING UNITED HEALTH CEO IN NEW YORK IN 2024, SAYS HE'LL USE THE COURT, A PSYCHIATRIC DEFENSE IN HIS TRIALS. A JUDGE FOR ATTORNEYS FOR LUIGI MANGIONE TOLD HIM THAT THEY WILL ARGUE THAT HE WAS SUFFERING FROM EXTREME EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCE. IF A JURY AGREES, HE COULD BE CONVICTED OF MANSLAUGHTER INSTEAD OF MURDER, AND THAT WOULD REDUCE HIS SENTENCE. ANGIONI PLED NOT GUILTY TO STATE AND FEDERAL CHARGES. BOTH TRIALS ARE SCHEDULED FOR THE FALL. HE'S ALSO FACING CHARGES CONNECTED TO HIS ARREST IN ALTOONA IN WESTERN PA. NEWS 8 AGO, LESS THAN THREE MINUTES AWAY, AND WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING OUT OF YORK WHERE THE YORK REVOLUTION HAVE FORFEITED THEIR PRIDE NIGHT THEMED GAME THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT. AND THEY WILL NOT PLAY IT. WE'LL TELL YOU WHY. WE'RE ALSO GIVING YOU A LIVE LOOK OVER MECHANICSBURG IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY, BECAUSE TODAY IS JUBILEE DAY AND NEWS 8 CAMERON LEE WILL BE JOINING US WITH WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO MAKE IT A FUN DAY THERE IN MECHANICSBURG. BUT WE ALSO WANT TO SHOW YOU THE FORECAST BECAUSE YOU MIGHT HAVE TO DODGE SOME RAINDROPS AND ALSO DEAL WITH SOME WINDS. TODAY IT IS AN IMPACT DAY. GOOD MORNING. IT IS 656 TIME FOR WGAL NEWS EIGHT TO GO AND IT IS AN IMPACT DAY. SO LET'S BEGIN WITH CHRISTINE. GOOD MORNING. WE'RE TAKING A LIVE LOOK HERE OVER YORK WHERE YOU COULD BE SEEING SOME RAIN SHORTLY. THE RAIN IS MOVING IN FROM THE WEST AND IT COULD BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE STATE LINE THIS MORNING. RIGHT NOW, TEMPERATURES ARE WELL INTO THE 70S IN MANY SPOTS. A FEW SPOTS IN THE 60S, BUT IT IS A WARM AND MUGGY MORNING. YOU'LL NOTICE THE HUMIDITY INCREASING. HERE'S OUR STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK. AND NOTICE THIS HEAVIER RAIN IN THE YELLOW THERE. THAT'S A MODERATE RAIN ACTUALLY BACK TOWARD CHAMBERSBURG, GETTYSBURG AND BEDFORD. ALL OF THAT WILL BE SLIDING EAST AS THE MORNING GOES ON. SO I HAVE MY EYE ON THAT BATCH OF RAIN, WHICH COULD IMPACT YOU, MAYBE SLOW YOU DOWN A LITTLE BIT THIS MORNING. THE OTHER BIG STORY AFTER THE RAIN MOVES OUT IS THE WIND. LOOK AT THE SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS TODAY, 15 TO 25MPH OUT OF THE SOUTH THIS MORNING. AND THEN WEST THIS AFTERNOON. THE GUSTS COULD TOP 35MPH. HERE'S A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER PLANNER. WE GO WITH 88 FOR THE HIGH TODAY. ANY RAIN IS REALLY CONFINED TO THE MORNING HOURS. FOR TONIGHT WE DROP DOWN TO 68 DEGREES WITH INCREASING CLOUDS. AND THEN TOMORROW CLOUDS, THEN INCREASING SUNSHINE. BREEZY. WE COULD SEE A STRAY SHOWER SOUTHEAST TOMORROW MORNING, BUT IT SHOULD BE DRY FOR FATHER'S DAY WEEKEND. GOOD MORNING. GOOD NEWS. RIGHT NOW, NO CRASHES ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. YOU'RE GOOD TO GO. AT 658, TAKING A PEEK OVER SOME INSPECTIONS THAT ARE SCHEDULED IN ABOUT TWO HOURS. AND EAST COLCALICO TOWNSHIP LANCASTER COUNTY EXPECT SOME SLOWDOWNS BECAUSE RESTRICTED LANES ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE BETWEEN 9 TO 12 AND THEN LEFT LANE AT NOON TO THREE. BREAKING NEWS OUT OF YORK. THE YORK REVOLUTION SAYS IT IS CANCELING TONIGHT'S PRIDE NIGHT GAME. THE TEAM SAYS ITS PLAYERS REFUSED TO WEAR THE PRIDE NIGHT JERSEY, SO THE TEAM WILL BE FORFEITING TONIGHT'S GAME. IT STILL WILL BE HOLDING, THOUGH, A FREE PRIDE NIGHT EVENT THAT IS SCHEDULED AT WELLSPAN PARK. THE REV SAYS IF YOU DID BUY TICKETS FOR TONIGHT'S GAME, YOU CAN REDEEM THEM FOR ANY FUTURE GAME. TONIGHT'S PRIDE NIGHT EVENT WILL RUN FROM 530 TO 9. GOOD MORNING. I'M GABRIELLE THOMAS, LIVE HERE IN EAST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP. DUTCH WONDERLAND SAYS THIS RIDE THAT YOU SEE HERE BEHIND ME AT THE PARK EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN STOP YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, LEAVING 21 PEOPLE STUCK IN MIDAIR, FEET AWAY FROM THE GROUND. NOW, DUTCH WONDERLAND DID HAVE TO SHUT DOWN TEMPORARILY, AND THEY TOLD US THEY WOULD GIVE US AN UPDATE IF THEY PLAN TO REOPEN TODAY. WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THAT. GOOD MORNING. I'M NEWS 8 CAMERON LIVE IN MECHANICSBURG WHERE PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW FOR THIS YEAR'S JUBILEE DAY. MORE THAN 300 VENDORS EXPECTED TO ATTEND. TENS OF THOUSANDS EXPECTED TO VISIT. YOU CAN FIND MORE DETAILS ON OUR WEBSITE, WGAL.COM OR ON THE NEWS EIGHT APP. AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE YOUR FORECAST FOR JUBILEE DAY. THERE COULD BE SOME SHOWERS OR SOME RAIN AROUND AT 10:00, BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT. I DO THINK WE START TO SEE THE RAIN MOVING OUT. IT SHOULD BE WINDY, WARM AND MORE HUMID THIS AFTERNOON WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 88. BETWEEN HOURS THERE AND THEN MOSTLY SUNNY LATER THIS EVENING. SO HOLD ON TO YOUR HATS. AT JUBILEE DAY. IT'S GOING TO BE A WINDY ONE AND A WARM ONE. THERE'S A

Crews respond to Susquehanna River in Dauphin County after kayaker overturns

Updated: 10:46 AM EDT Jun 18, 2026

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Emergency crews responded to a water rescue in the Susquehanna River in Dauphin County on Thursday, according to dispatchers. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today. Crews were called to the river near the Clarks Ferry Bridge in Reed Township at 9:11 a.m. on Thursday. In an update from dispatch, they said a kayaker had overturned in the water. No one was injured. The Duncannon Fire Company was the primary agency at the scene. See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it's safe to do so at https://www.wgal.com/upload.

REED TOWNSHIP, Pa. —

Emergency crews responded to a water rescue in the Susquehanna River in Dauphin County on Thursday, according to dispatchers.

Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today.

Crews were called to the river near the Clarks Ferry Bridge in Reed Township at 9:11 a.m. on Thursday.

In an update from dispatch, they said a kayaker had overturned in the water.

No one was injured.

The Duncannon Fire Company was the primary agency at the scene.

See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it's safe to do so at https://www.wgal.com/upload.