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Videos Show Flooding in Eastern New York as Heavy Rain Shifts to New England
The system could dump up to 6 inches of rain and bring rainfall rates of 2 inches per hour, the National Weather Service said.
- On Wednesday, the National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center warned of a "significant risk for potentially life-threatening flash flooding" across the Northeast as an unusually strong storm system brings heavy rain.
- More than 28 million people remain under flood watches from New Jersey and New York through southern New England, where training thunderstorms are expected to produce 2 to 4 inches of rainfall.
- Storms disrupted travel on Tuesday, causing nearly 200 flight cancellations at LaGuardia Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport, and Newark Liberty International Airport; rescue crews in Pennsylvania saved five people from floodwaters.
- Heavy rain will spread east into the Boston, Massachusetts area Wednesday afternoon, with torrential downpours lingering through Thursday; meteorologist Dominic Ramunni noted the system will persist over the next 24 to 36 hours.
- Conditions look drier for Friday and Saturday, offering relief after this week's downpours, though this event differs from Hurricane Ida, which dumped 10 inches of rain nearly five years ago.
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By CNN meteorologists Briana Waxman and Chris Dolce: Dangerous flooding is hitting eastern New York State amid torrential rain as a powerful storm heads toward New England. This comes a day after the storm prompted water rescues and major transportation disruptions across the Northeast. A band of slow-moving downpours has soaked eastern New York, including the Albany area, for hours, triggering the flooding. Multiple flash flood warnings have be…
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North Jersey and Staten Island took the worst of the storms, but wet weather still ahead
It's been grey, cloudy and rainy week already in New York City today, with more rain on the way Wednesday. Forecasts predicted as much as 7 inches in NYC, but the storm spared the boroughs that wallop. [ more › ]
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