![]() And because many trees still have their leaves, they are more likely to topple in the event of wind and snow, meaning there could be widespread power outages lasting to Election Day.Įastern states that saw outages that lasted for days after last year's freak Halloween snowstorm and Hurricane Irene in late August 2011 are already pressuring power companies to be more ready this time. ![]() #Heavy rain soaks new york as noreaster pounds the region full#It is likely to hit during a full moon, when tides are near their highest, increasing the risk of coastal flooding. 'It's going to be a widespread, serious storm.' 'It's almost a weeklong, five-day, six-day event,' he said from a NOAA forecast center in College Park, Md. The weather may not start clearing in the mid-Atlantic until the day after Halloween and November 2 in the upper Northeast, Cisco said. Eastern Ohio, southwestern Pennsylvania and western Virginia could get snow.Īnd the storm will take its time leaving. A flash flood watch was in effect for parts of Long Island and Connecticut into Tuesday night.A surfer, rear left, takes advantage of waves produced by hurricane Sandy's outer bands at Haulover Beach in Miami as the Bal Harbour police patrol the areaĬoastal areas from Florida to Maine will feel some effects, but the storm is expected to vent the worst of its fury on New Jersey and the New York City area, which could see around five inches of rain and gale-force winds close to 40 mph. Patrick Callahan, said.īy Tuesday night, more than 4.3 inches of rain had been recorded in Brooklyn, more than 5.3 inches in Suffolk County and more than 5.2 inches in northern New Jersey, according to the Weather Service. on Tuesday, the state’s police superintendent, Col. New Jersey state troopers had responded to 188 crashes by 10 a.m. Schools in nearby Bayonne and in Montclair were also closed. “In order to keep all students safe, all schools will be closed,” said Franklin Walker, the superintendent of Jersey City’s public school system, one of the largest in the state. Rutgers University asked instructors to move all of their classes online on Tuesday. Several public school districts in those areas decided to close in anticipation of the storm. ![]() ![]() Some buses and commuter trains, including New Jersey Transit and the Metro-North Railroad, experienced scattered weather-related delays, but the subway was operating as expected.Īs of Tuesday afternoon, intensive flash flooding had yet to materialize, though earlier in the day, parts of northeastern New Jersey that had been inundated last month - including the state’s largest cities, Newark, Jersey City and Paterson - were placed under a flash flood warning that coincided with the morning commute. Though New York City’s mass transit system experienced some interruptions, the storm had far less impact than the remnants of Ida. Nelson Vaz, a meteorologist at the Weather Service in New York, said that forecasters were concerned about flooding in northeastern New Jersey, where “some of the rivers are starting to come over their banks.” The Weather Service extended a flood warning in Warren County and Sussex County through Wednesday morning after seeing “minor flooding” near streams and creeks. Roads flooded across the region, with flood warnings in effect through Wednesday for the Saddle River in Lodi, N.J., and for the Ramapo River in northern New Jersey and Orange and Rockland Counties in New York. “We almost certainly expect that number to go up, perhaps dramatically, with the higher winds that are coming later,” said Gov. Utilities in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut reported hundreds of outages throughout the day, and officials said that they expected to see increased power failures in all three states, particularly in coastal areas, as winds intensified. The easternmost part of Long Island and the southeastern corner of Connecticut were also under a high-wind warning until Wednesday afternoon, with the Weather Service cautioning that “widespread power outages are expected.” Around New York City, the storm’s resurgence threatened to snarl Wednesday morning’s commute. ![]()
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