PORTLAND, Maine A storm barreled up the East Coast on Monday, flooding roads and downing timber within the Northeast, knocking out energy to a whole lot of hundreds, and forcing flight cancelations and college closures.
Greater than 5 inches (13 centimeters) of rain had fallen in components of New Jersey and northeastern Pennsylvania by mid-morning, and components in a number of different states bought greater than 4 inches (10 centimeters), in accordance with the Nationwide Climate Service. Wind gusts reached practically 70 mph (113 kph) alongside the southern New England shoreline.
Energy was knocked out for greater than 700,000 prospects in an space stretching from Virginia north via New England, together with over 278,000 in Massachusetts and 263,000 in Maine, in accordance with poweroutage.us.
In Maine, Gov. Janet Mills mentioned all state places of work would shut for the afternoon.
With the storm anticipated to develop stronger within the coming hours, I encourage all Maine folks to be protected and vigilant and to train warning when touring, she mentioned in an announcement.
The climate service issued flood and flash-flood warnings for New York Metropolis and the encompassing space, components of Pennsylvania, upstate New York, western Connecticut, western Massachusetts and components of New Hampshire and Maine.
We’re asking folks to keep away from touring at the moment if they’ll as most individuals are most secure at residence, Vanessa Palange, a spokesperson for the New Hampshire Division of Homeland Safety and Emergency Administration, mentioned in an announcement.
Bushes and energy traces fell in lots of areas, together with some that landed on houses and vehicles. Within the coastal city of Guilford, Connecticut, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) south of Hartford, a tree fell on a police cruiser however the officer escaped harm, officers mentioned. Sure roads all through the area have been closed resulting from flooding or downed timber.
Heavy rain and excessive tides prompted flooding alongside the Jersey Shore, main authorities to dam off roads close to Barnegat Bay in Bay Head and Mantoloking. The flooding was made worse by leaf piles that residents had put out for assortment however was blocking water from reaching drains.
In northeastern and central Pennsylvania, heavy rain that fell in a single day flooded ponds, streams and creeks in a number of counties, forcing authorities to shut a number of main roadways.
The Delaware River spilled over its banks in suburban Philadelphia, resulting in highway closures. Within the suburb of Washington Crossing, crews positioned boundaries alongside roadways and labored to clear fallen tree limbs. Seven folks died after flash flooding in that space over the summer season.
Many flights have been cancelled or delayed throughout the area. Boston’s Logan Worldwide Airport grounded all flights Monday morning due to the poor situations, resulting in greater than 100 canceled flights and about 375 delays, in accordance with the flight-tracking service FlightAware. At New York Metropolis space airports, practically 80 flights have been canceled and greater than 90 have been delayed.
In Rhode Island, the U.S. Military Corps of Engineers closed components of Providences hurricane barrier system to stop flooding from storm surge, Mayor Brett Smiley mentioned. The Windfall River gates have been closed within the morning and one other gate was scheduled to shut. Metropolis Corridor in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, was closed resulting from leaks and water injury from its landmark tower, town posted on-line.
Some faculties canceled lessons, despatched college students residence early or delayed their openings as a result of storm. Amongst them have been faculties in Vermont that closed early. A numbers of roads have been additionally closed across the state resulting from flooding, together with in Ludlow, the southern Vermont group that was hit exhausting by flooding in July.
Commuter rail programs have been reporting weather-related delays.
Take mass transit and keep off the roads if attainable, New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams wrote on X.
In New York Metropolis, excessive winds prompted the non permanent closure of the Verrazzano Bridge. It reopened later Monday morning, however with a ban on giant automobiles. Rhode Island officers additionally have been prohibiting tractor-trailers on the Newport Pell and Jamestown Verrazzano bridges over Narragansett Bay due to the wind.
State authorities officers urged folks to keep away from touring and driving on flooded roads.
In western New York, a number of inches (centimeters) of lake-effect snow have been anticipated Monday evening into Tuesday as temperatures drop.
The storm moved up the East Coast on Saturday and Sunday, breaking rainfall information and requiring water rescues. It introduced unseasonably heat temperatures of greater than 60 levels (16 levels Celsius) to the Northeast on Monday.
In South Carolina on Sunday, the tide in Charleston Harbor reached 9.86 toes (3 meters) simply earlier than midday, which was the fourth-highest studying ever.
This was a tricky and irritating day for our residents, as historic excessive tides got here up and over the land within the metropolis, flooding vehicles, houses, companies and streets, Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg mentioned, including there have been no studies of great accidents.
Tecklenburg mentioned town is working with the Military Corps of Engineers to guard in opposition to tidal flooding and to adapt to sea degree rise and local weather change.
Monday’s rain and wind got here per week after a storm prompted flooding and energy outages within the Northeast after spawning lethal tornadoes in Tennessee.
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Related Press reporters David Collins in Hartford, Connecticut, Kathy McCormack in Harmony, New Hampshire, Bruce Shipkowski and Michael Catalini in Trenton, New Jersey, Lisa Rathke in Marshfield, Vermont, Michael Casey in Boston and Jeffrey Collins in Columbia, South Carolina, contributed to this story.
