Heavy rains dumped up to seven inches on the coastal Northeast on Sunday, triggering dozens of water rescues, shutting down rail lines, and closing an airport terminal across Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey. The National Weather Service identified northern New Jersey, parts of New York's Westchester County, and a stretch of coastal Connecticut along […] The post Flash flooding swamps Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey as rescuers pull dozens to safety appeared first on American Almanac .
Heavy rains dumped up to seven inches on the coastal Northeast on Sunday, triggering dozens of water rescues, shutting down rail lines, and closing an airport terminal across Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey. The National Weather Service identified northern New Jersey, parts of New York's Westchester County, and a stretch of coastal Connecticut along Interstate 95 as the hardest-hit areas, with flash flood warnings in effect across the region for much of Sunday morning. Rainfall rates reached 3 to 4 inches per hour along the coast between Norwalk and Westport, Connecticut, where a total of 6 to 7 inches fell before the skies finally cleared, the Associated Press reported . Across the broader region, rain fell at 1 to 2 inches per…Open
HONOLULU (AP) — Damaging winds and heavy rains from Hurricane Lowell pelted Hawaii's western islands Tuesday, knocking out power to thousands and ripping up stretches of beachside roads. Along the Southern California coast, dangerous surf conditions kicked up by the remnants of Hurricane Marie were expected to stick around for several days. In Hawaii, fierce [...]
Powerful Hurricane Lowell is barreling toward Hawaii and is expected to make a dangerously close pass by the state's western islands as heavy rain associated with the Category 3 hurricane has already triggered flash flooding on Oahu and damaging surf is pounding Hawaii's southern shores.
Tropical Storm Dolly weakened into an open tropical wave, according to the National Hurricane Center’s latest advisory. Dolly remained a tropical storm in the Atlantic for approximately 24 hours before dissipating. FOX Weather’s Kiyana Lewis joined LiveNOW’s Anna Marsick to provide an update on Dolly. DOLLY FORECAST: The system's heavy rainfall could start reaching the Leeward Islands by late Saturday or Sunday. Some long-range models show the chance of remnants of Dolly regenerating north of the islands. While the odds are low, there is no consensus on what might develop or where it might go.
