{"id":10606,"count":1,"description":"West Pittston is a borough in the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River opposite Pittston. The town once produced mine screens, cut glass, crackers, and knit and silk goods. West Pittston rose to national attention on September 9, 2011 when catastrophic flooding of the Susquehanna River caused by the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee left much of the borough under water. As of March 2012, many Tropical Storm Lee Refugees in West Pittston still have yet to return to their homes.\nWest Pittston is located at 41\u00b019\u203245\u2033N 75\u00b047\u203257\u2033W\ufeff \/ \ufeff41.32917\u00b0N 75.79917\u00b0W\ufeff \/ 41.32917; -75.79917 (41.329265, -75.799048).\nAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.3\u00a0km), of which, 0.8 square miles (2.1\u00a0km) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26\u00a0km) of it (13.68%) is water.\nAs of the census of 2000, there were 5,072 people, 2,243 households, and 1,397 families residing in the borough. The population density was 6...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/west-pittston\/","name":"West Pittston","slug":"west-pittston","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/10606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=10606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}