Enough already with rain!

Irene routed him from his house along the Perkiomen Creek just 10 days ago, and on Wednesday, Nick Salamone watched anxiously as a fresh wave of brown floodwater approached his doorstep.

"It's just too much," he said from the camper parked in his driveway, which serves as shelter for him and his 16-month-old daughter since Irene rendered their Collegeville home uninhabitable.

Like the increasingly boggy soil, Salamone and other residents along the region's waterways have just about reached the saturation point.

Evidently, the atmosphere doesn't care.

On a day when even the clouds appeared to be tired of the rain, the cumulative effect of the relentless wetness took serious turns on Wednesday. With more downpours possible, a flood watch remains in effect into Thursday afternoon for Philadelphia and all seven neighboring counties in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Like the Perkiomen, which rose nearly three feet above flood stage, other streams in the region reached higher-than-expected crests on Wednesday.

Police blocked off washed-out roads in Whitemarsh, where only a week earlier National Guard troops had evacuated residents along the brimming Wissahickon Creek.

The Schuylkill lapped over its banks in Philadelphia, adding to morning commuting woes.

City police announced Wednesday night that flooded Kelly Drive would remain closed through Friday morning.

Lt. Raymond Evers, a police spokesman, said the National Weather Service predicts the Schuylkill will recede to 10.5 feet early Thursday morning before rising to 12.8 feet Friday.

"This is of course based on the river forecasts, which have been less than reliable for this event," Evers said.

The city's Office of Emergency Management will issue another forecast for the river Thursday morning, Evers said.

The Delaware spilled onto River Road in Upper Makefield, Bucks County, and was forecast to exceed flood stage Thursday morning at Trenton.

A downed tree near the Berwyn train station in Chester County knocked out service on SEPTA's Paoli line, and Amtrak suspended service from Philadelphia to Harrisburg, where heavy rains from stalled thunderstorms led to evacuations and a state of emergency. The Susquehanna is forecast to crest seven feet above flood stage Friday morning.

About three inches of rain fell in Philadelphia Tuesday and Wednesday. So far this year, the region has had about 13 months' worth of precipitation - close to 45 inches.