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Flash Flooding During Tropical Storm Causes Road Closures In Parts Of Region
The eye of Tropical Storm Elsa has swept past the Hudson Valley, but not before bringing torrential downpours, and strong winds that caused flash flooding in some areas and forced multiple road closures.
By midday on Friday, July 9, the worst of the summer’s first major storm moved past the region, but its impact on the region will be felt for days to come.
Metro-North lines were delayed across the board on Friday, as crews worked to remove fallen trees, branches, and other hazards from tracks, and multiple crashes and road closures were reported due to flash flooding, including some of the…
Tropical Storm Elsa Knocks Out Power To Thousands In Connecticut
Utility crews in Connecticut are still hard at work making repairs to hundreds of reported outages that are impacting more than 10,000 customers as Tropical Storm Elsa moves up the East Coast.
Elsa moved across Connecticut early on Friday, July 9, bringing heavy rain and whipping winds, which sent power lines flying and toppled trees, leaving thousands without power overnight.
As of 11:45 a.m. on Friday, July 9, Eversource was still reporting 10,042 of the company’s 1,285,863 customers were without power, while United Illuminating was working on 39 active outages, impacting 2,109 customers.…
Thousands Without Power On Long Island As Tropical Storm Elsa Pushes Through Region
Utility crews from PSEG worked around the clock to restore power to thousands of Long Island residents impacted by Tropical Storm Elsa as the storm makes its way up the East Coast.
Elsa moved across Long Island and the Rockaways early on Friday, July 9, bringing heavy rain and whipping winds, which toppled trees and downed power lines, leaving thousands without power overnight.
As of around 10 a.m. on Friday, PSEG was still working on 227 active outages that were impacting 6,634 of the company’s 1,172,708 customers on Long Island.
In Nassau, 4,519 customers were reporting outages, with 1,3…
New Round Of Severe Storms Sweeping Through Region
For the third straight day, a line of severe thunderstorms is moving through the region from west to east.
Scattered storm activity is expected Thursday afternoon, July 8, and into the evening.
At 12:45 p.m., storms with heavy rain have arrived in New York, north of I-84 in Orange, Ulster, and Dutchess counties. Storm activity could become more widespread later.
Damaging winds gusts of around 60 miles per hour are the main threat, the National Weather Service said.
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In addition, localized heav…
Here Comes Elsa: Tropical Storm Will Bring Heavy Rain, Gusty Winds To Region
Tropical Storm Watches have been upgraded to Tropical Storm Warnings along parts of the East Coast as Elsa treks toward the Northeast.
It will arrive in this region starting overnight Thursday, July 8, and bring tropical-storm conditions to portions of New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, mainly along and near the coast, into Friday, July 9. The storm will be out of the area by around midday Friday.
Rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches are possible, including the possibility of flash flooding, though the fast-forward movement of the storm is expected to prevent widespread flooding.
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