NYC Issues Flood Watch Through Wednesday as Storms Threaten 2-3 Inches of Rain
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Updated · WABC-TV · Jul 27
NYC Issues Flood Watch Through Wednesday as Storms Threaten 2-3 Inches of Rain
3 articles · Updated · WABC-TV · Jul 27
Summary
A Flood Watch starts at 8 a.m. Tuesday for New York City and much of the Tri-State area, with officials warning of flooding downpours and possible flash flooding into Wednesday morning.
The National Weather Service forecasts about 2-3 inches of rain, with locally higher totals that could flood highways, streets, basements and underpasses during the heaviest bands.
The watch covers all five boroughs, nearby counties including Nassau, Westchester and Rockland, plus parts of northern New Jersey and southwestern Connecticut.
NYC Emergency Management urged residents to prepare and move to higher ground during heavy rain, while city agencies cleared catch basins and street litter ahead of the storm.
Tuesday is the main impact day; scattered showers may linger Wednesday, with lower-end shower chances continuing later in the week.
As flash-flood danger shifts from New York and Philadelphia to Boston and Hartford, how much will weak drainage and stalled rain bands worsen the damage?
Why could a late-July storm dump a month’s rain on Northeast cities in days, and which neighborhoods are most at risk first?
Could this multi-day Northeast storm expose a bigger problem: cities built for yesterday’s rainfall, not today’s extreme downpours?