New York Region Braces for Possible Flooding From Another Storm

U.S.|New York portion braces for imaginable flooding from different storm.

• Sept. 8, 2021Updated 10:04 p.m. ET

Thunderstorms began expanding crossed south-central Pennsylvania connected Wednesday night, portion of a tempest strategy that could bring dense rainfall overnight and aboriginal Thursday to parts of the New York portion inactive reeling from the remnants of Hurricane Ida.

The National Weather Service said determination was a “slight risk” of flash flooding and terrible thunderstorms chiefly successful northeast New Jersey and the Lower Hudson Valley. The Weather Service besides warned of the imaginable for damaging winds and hail and said that an “isolated tornado cannot beryllium ruled out.”

The storms were moving into the portion arsenic galore communities were inactive recovering from the harm caused by the remnants of Ida, which killed astatine slightest 46 radical crossed 4 states 1 week ago.

Overall, the storms were expected to bring 0.5 to 1.5 inches of rainfall to the New York region, though 2 to 2.25 inches were imaginable successful a worst-case scenario, the Weather Service said. It noted that flooding was imaginable successful municipality areas and successful communities wherever tiny rivers, streams and creeks were already swollen.

New York City was expecting 0.75 inches to 1 inch of rain, with immoderate areas perchance receiving 1.25 inches.

“These systems are not forecast to beryllium terrible astatine this time, but delight beryllium prepared arsenic conditions whitethorn change,” the New York City Emergency Management Department said.

Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York said astatine a quality league connected Wednesday greeting that the heaviest downpours were imaginable aft midnight, bringing astir fractional an inch of rain.

“That, normally, would not beryllium an contented astatine all,” helium said. “Obviously, we’re acrophobic astir folks who were deed that immoderate caller h2o could beryllium a problem. And we’re besides acrophobic that we could spot much than is projected.”

Mr. de Blasio urged homeowners and concern owners to instrumentality precautions and said that metropolis workers would beryllium “out successful force,” cleaning drawback basins, peculiarly successful areas hard deed by Ida.

Gov. Philip D. Murphy of New Jersey besides asked residents to beryllium alert of imaginable flooding.

“Please instrumentality each precaution fixed that the crushed successful galore places remains saturated,” Mr. Murphy said connected Twitter. “The imaginable for flash flooding ever exists with a quick-moving thunderstorm. Do not effort to thrust into lasting water.”

The anticipation of further rainfall came arsenic the authorities were inactive tallying the harm from Ida’s floodwaters, which killed astatine slightest 25 radical successful New Jersey, 16 successful New York, 4 successful Pennsylvania and 1 successful Connecticut.