WEATHER: A nor’easter is expected to bring heavy rain, damaging winds and heavy wet snow to the Northeast—and numerous states are under flood and heavy snow alerts.
The nor’easter will bring heavy rain, damaging winds and heavy wet snow to the Northeast.Heavy rain will spread into Washington, D.C., and the Mid-Atlantic area Thursday morning, and then move into Philadelphia and New York City by the afternoon and evening.Rain will move into Boston later Thursday evening, but flooding is not expected.By Friday morning, the storm system will move into northern New England with heavy rain, wind and snow.
Very strong winds are expected on the back side of the storm from Washington, D.C., to New York City. Gusts could exceed 50 mph.Rainfall totals will be the heaviest in the Mid-Atlantic, where locally 3 inches of rain could fall. This would lead to urban flooding in Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Philadelphia.
Further inland, snow will be wet and heavy in western New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Some areas could see up to a foot of heavy wet snow. Rainfall will be heaviest in the Mid-Atlantic and Philadelphia areas, while northern New York and Vermont could see 6 to 12 inches of snow.Record flooding is ongoing along the Missouri River, where the town of Craig, Missouri, has been submerged due to a levee failure Thursday. The entire town of Craig has been told to evacuate.
Rivers and streams continue to rise downstream on the Missouri River in St. Joseph, Missouri, and Atchison, Kansas. Some of the worst flooding these cities have seen is expected this weekend.Further north, snow continues to melt in the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois, where rivers also continue to rise and major flooding is expected next week. Ice jams are also occurring in these areas.More rain is expected in the Plains over the weekend and next week.
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