Much of the US northeast is affected by the temporal evil that caused mass floods and interruptions in transport.
New York and New Jersey They are low state of emergency After the intense day of torrential rains that caused mass floods, interruptions in transport and collapse in streets. The National Meteorological Service It keeps active flood alerts throughout the region.
Much of the Northeast of the US It is affected Since this Thursday, July 31 for the temporal evil. From the first hours of the morning, several New York subway stations They had to close temporarily due to mass water incomewhile streets, avenues and highways They were completely impassable. The main airports also registered delays and cancellations throughout the day.
The CLIMATE PREDICTION OFFICE of the NOAA a level issued on Thursday 4 of 4 on the flood threat scale for various northeast areas and the I-95 corridor. Among the affected areas are the city of New Yorkparts of Long Islandhe Hudson Valleythe southwest of Connecticut, Philadelphia, Maryland and Washington, DC
The weather service He reported that precipitation rates of Up to 7 centimeters per hour And, in the most intense foci, 5 centimeters could be recorded in just 30 minutes. The prognosis indicates General accumulated between 2.5 and 7 centimetersalthough isolated areas could reach between 13 and 20 centimeters. Storms strong also bring harmful winds up to 104 kilometers per hour, rays and even hail fall.
Floods in New York: Two fatal victims
The northwest of the United States had already entered a warning last July 14 After sudden floods that left Two dead in Plainfield, New Jersey and scenes of Chaos in New York Citywhere the subway collapsed underwater And they registered record rainsaccording to local authorities.
In Manhattansocial networks showed Dirty water torrents advancing by fully flooded avenues and subway stations, with Waterfalls on electrified tracks.
The impact extended to the main airports: JFK, Laguardia and Newark temporarily suspended their operations and They canceled dozens of flights. Local meteorologists confirmed that New York lived its second crightest hour ever registeredwith more than Five centimeters of rain in just 60 minutes.
Source: Ambito
