Additional flooding could be on tap for the Northeast this week as residents struggle to recover from the devastation caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida.
Additional flooding could be on tap for the Northeast this week as residents struggle to recover from the devastation caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida. Forecasters warned people in the region to be on the alert for showers and thunderstorms that could trigger more flooding by mid-week. Ida produced historic and deadly flooding, as well as severe weather, across the Northeast last week. Nearly 50 people died due to the storm as it unleashed torrential rainfall that inundated basement apartments in New York City, caused homes to collapse in New Jersey and put a major highway underwater in Philadelphia. President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit New York and New Jersey to survey the damage this week. On Monday he ordered federal aid to New York after declaring a major disaster in the state. Benign weather conditions have followed in the wake of the storm and generally dry conditions are likely to continue into Tuesday. But that much-needed quiet stretch is coming to an end in mid-week, AccuWeather meteorologists warn. The same cold front that will produce severe weather across the Great Lakes on Tuesday will shift into the Northeast on Wednesday and deliver new rounds of stormy weather. Showers will first arrive in Ohio, northwestern Pennsylvania and western New York in the morning hours of Wednesday. Throughout the day, thunderstorms could develop as the front pushes across the Northeast. „For the first time since Ida’s catastrophic flooding, parts of the Northeast will have the potential for more downpours and gusty winds,“ said AccuWeather Meteorologist Dean Devore.
