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Fourteen million people in the Northeast and New England were still under flood watches Monday morning after a summer rain fell on parts of New York, forecasters said.
About 10 inches of rain fell Sunday in New York’s Hudson Valley, the radar showed, the amount that usually falls over the full three months of summer.
Burlington and Albany, New York and Hartford, Connecticut remained under flood watches Monday morning.
The warnings Sunday night applied to the boroughs of Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx.
1,000-year rain event
- West Point Military Academy recorded 6.96 inches of rain in 3 hours, constituting a 1 in 1000 year rainfall event for that location.
- Reading, Pennsylvania had its wettest July day on record yesterday, with 5.35 inches of rain.
- A woman in her 30s was swept away by fast-moving water in Orange County, 60 miles north of New York City, while searching for higher ground with her dog.
- In New England, rainfall rates can exceed 2 inches per hour.
Flight delays and cancellations continue to be a problem
Disruptions to air travel over the weekend continued Monday morning as severe weather forced airlines to divert flights and cancel others.
FlightAware, a company that tracks air travel, showed Boston Logan Airport with 61 delayed flights and 13 cancellations, followed by Newark with 34 delayed flights and 19 cancellations.
National Weather Prediction Center warns of excessive rainfall
The National Center for Weather Prediction warned Monday that rain in some areas of southern Vermont is approaching 1 inch per hour.
“Flash flooding is already underway in this area and is likely to become more widespread and severe during the morning hours as the rain continues,” the center wrote in its warning.
“These rates in themselves could be enough to overwhelm soils and trigger runoff and flash flooding, but what makes this event more alarming is that they will occur over presaturated ground,” the center added.
Satellite images show clouds flowing over the northeast
Satellite images released Monday morning by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration show a large cloud mass moving over the northeast as the sun rose.
Flash flood risk moves to Vermont
There is a high risk of flash flooding for parts of Vermont along the New York state line on Monday.
The “region is sensitive to flash flooding due to recent instances of heavy rainfall,” according to the National Metereological Service.
High-risk days are rare, accounting for 39% of flash flood-related deaths and 83% of flash flood-related damage.
