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WASHINGTON CROSSING: Heavy rains battered an already saturated Northeast Sunday for the second time in a week, bringing another round of flash flooding, flight cancellations and power outages. In Pennsylvania, a flash flood late Saturday afternoon claimed at least five lives.
Bucks County officials Upper Macfield Township In Pennsylvania, he said heavy rain fell around 5:30 p.m. Saturday in the Washington Crossing area, washing away several cars. Authorities said at least five people died and two children, a 9-month-old boy and his two-year-old sister, were still missing.
Other parts of the East Coast experienced heavy rain, including Vermont. Authorities there said landslides could become a problem on Sunday as the state deals with more rain after days of flooding.
There are flood warnings across the state today. “Be vigilant and be prepared,” said Vermont Governor Phil Scott.
Strong storms Sunday canceled hundreds of flights at airports in the New York City area, according to tracking service FlightAware. More than 350 flights have been canceled at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey alone, while more than 280 flights have been canceled at Kennedy International Airport in New York. Hundreds of flights are delayed.
The National Weather Service issued flash flood warnings and tornado watches for parts of Connecticut, western Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire. A tornado warning has been issued for the area along the Massachusetts and New Hampshire borders.
Thousands of power outages have also been reported.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul urged people to stay indoors Sunday until the storms pass.
“Here comes the rain. It looks rough this year,” she said. “You have to avoid unnecessary travel. … A flash flood gives you no warning… And in those moments your car can go from a place of safety to a place of death.”
Hochul said 5 inches (13 centimeters) of rain fell in two hours in Suffolk County on Long Island. The state saw $50 million in damage from last week’s storms. The disaster declarations will cover more than a dozen counties in New York.
Manchester, New Hampshire, the largest city in northern New England, has opened an emergency operations center in response to severe weather. Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig and other officials urged residents to stay indoors.
Flooding forced Tweed-New Haven Airport in Connecticut to close Sunday. The small airport, which offers daily commercial flights from one airline, Avelo Airlines, said in a tweet that the terminal is closed until further notice. Several flights were delayed.
Flash flooding has been reported in New Haven, Hartford, Waterbury, and other cities in Connecticut, leaving many roads impassable. Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said he was heading to Bristol, home of ESPN, to watch the flooding.
In northern New Jersey, some roads were closed Sunday as crews worked to repair swaths of concrete that had caved in in heavy rain and flooding. Local streams washed over the trails and a rockslide blocked Route 46. The roads were a mess of water and rocks covered in brown sludge.
In Pennsylvania, a sudden downpour turned deadly in the town of Upper Macfield.
Fire Chief Tim Brewer told reporters that between 6 and 7 inches (about 18 centimeters) of rain fell in the area in 45 minutes.
“In 44 years,” he said, “I’ve never seen anything like it.” “When the water rose, it rose very quickly.”
Approximately 4 to 5 feet of water was washed onto the road and three out of a total of 11 cars were swept away. Brewer said the three were later pulled out and no one inside was found. He added that eight people were rescued from the cars and two from the creek.
The two children who went missing Sunday are part of Charleston, South Carolina, where she is visiting family and friends. Brewer said they were on their way to a barbecue when their car got caught in the flash flood.
“While trying to escape from the raging flood waters, Daddy took his 4-year-old son while Daddy and Grandmother grabbed the two additional children, aged 9 months and 2 years,” he said. Father and son “miraculously” were, “but grandmother, mother and two children were swept away by the floodwaters,” Brewer said, with the mother later among those killed.
“We are continuing to search for the two children,” Brewer said.
About 150 people were searching the creek overnight and 100 people participated on Sunday. Brewer said earlier that officials are treating the effort as a rescue “but we’re sure we’re in recovery mode at this time.”
Josh Shapiro pledged assistance from state emergency and transportation officials.
“All hands on deck,” Shapiro said.
In North Carolina, floodwaters have been blamed for the death of a 49-year-old woman whose car washed away on a road in Alexander County late Saturday night. A man who was in the car with her was rescued.
And as far south as Miami, soccer fans have taken shelter from the pouring rain while awaiting an event that will introduce international superstar Lionel Messi, one day after the team signed him to 2025.
Meanwhile, recovery efforts were underway in Vermont from the final days of heavy rain.
The Vermont Transportation Agency said 12 state roads remained closed, 12 were partially open to one lane, and 87 previously closed roads reopened.
The agency said 211 bridge inspections were completed this week in the affected areas, and four government bridges are closed and four buildings in the city are closed.
The transportation agency said rail lines throughout Vermont were also damaged. The agency said it has reopened 57 miles (92 km) of rail lines, and 64 miles of rail line remains closed.
“Our crews have been working tirelessly all week to repair damaged state roads and bridges, and to restore the state’s transportation infrastructure for visitors and visitors,” said Transportation Secretary Joe Flynn.
Heavy rains aren’t the only extreme weather plaguing the United States, a scorching heat wave across the Southwest has put nearly a third of Americans under some type of heat watch or warning. This included extreme temperatures in the hottest place on Earth – Death Valley, which runs along part of central California’s border with Nevada. Las Vegas also faced the possibility of reaching an all-time record temperature on Sunday.
The US Environmental Protection Agency issued air quality alerts in several states stretching from Montana to Ohio on Sunday because of smoke billowing from Canadian wildfires. New York Governor Hochul said she expects to issue air quality alerts for northern and western parts of New York state on Monday due to the wildfires.
“Air quality alerts are in place for much of the Great Lakes, Midwest, and Northern High Plains,” the National Weather Service said. This is due to the continued heavy concentration of Canadian forest fire smoke over these areas.
Bucks County officials Upper Macfield Township In Pennsylvania, he said heavy rain fell around 5:30 p.m. Saturday in the Washington Crossing area, washing away several cars. Authorities said at least five people died and two children, a 9-month-old boy and his two-year-old sister, were still missing.
Other parts of the East Coast experienced heavy rain, including Vermont. Authorities there said landslides could become a problem on Sunday as the state deals with more rain after days of flooding.
There are flood warnings across the state today. “Be vigilant and be prepared,” said Vermont Governor Phil Scott.
Strong storms Sunday canceled hundreds of flights at airports in the New York City area, according to tracking service FlightAware. More than 350 flights have been canceled at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey alone, while more than 280 flights have been canceled at Kennedy International Airport in New York. Hundreds of flights are delayed.
The National Weather Service issued flash flood warnings and tornado watches for parts of Connecticut, western Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire. A tornado warning has been issued for the area along the Massachusetts and New Hampshire borders.
Thousands of power outages have also been reported.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul urged people to stay indoors Sunday until the storms pass.
“Here comes the rain. It looks rough this year,” she said. “You have to avoid unnecessary travel. … A flash flood gives you no warning… And in those moments your car can go from a place of safety to a place of death.”
Hochul said 5 inches (13 centimeters) of rain fell in two hours in Suffolk County on Long Island. The state saw $50 million in damage from last week’s storms. The disaster declarations will cover more than a dozen counties in New York.
Manchester, New Hampshire, the largest city in northern New England, has opened an emergency operations center in response to severe weather. Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig and other officials urged residents to stay indoors.
Flooding forced Tweed-New Haven Airport in Connecticut to close Sunday. The small airport, which offers daily commercial flights from one airline, Avelo Airlines, said in a tweet that the terminal is closed until further notice. Several flights were delayed.
Flash flooding has been reported in New Haven, Hartford, Waterbury, and other cities in Connecticut, leaving many roads impassable. Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said he was heading to Bristol, home of ESPN, to watch the flooding.
In northern New Jersey, some roads were closed Sunday as crews worked to repair swaths of concrete that had caved in in heavy rain and flooding. Local streams washed over the trails and a rockslide blocked Route 46. The roads were a mess of water and rocks covered in brown sludge.
In Pennsylvania, a sudden downpour turned deadly in the town of Upper Macfield.
Fire Chief Tim Brewer told reporters that between 6 and 7 inches (about 18 centimeters) of rain fell in the area in 45 minutes.
“In 44 years,” he said, “I’ve never seen anything like it.” “When the water rose, it rose very quickly.”
Approximately 4 to 5 feet of water was washed onto the road and three out of a total of 11 cars were swept away. Brewer said the three were later pulled out and no one inside was found. He added that eight people were rescued from the cars and two from the creek.
The two children who went missing Sunday are part of Charleston, South Carolina, where she is visiting family and friends. Brewer said they were on their way to a barbecue when their car got caught in the flash flood.
“While trying to escape from the raging flood waters, Daddy took his 4-year-old son while Daddy and Grandmother grabbed the two additional children, aged 9 months and 2 years,” he said. Father and son “miraculously” were, “but grandmother, mother and two children were swept away by the floodwaters,” Brewer said, with the mother later among those killed.
“We are continuing to search for the two children,” Brewer said.
About 150 people were searching the creek overnight and 100 people participated on Sunday. Brewer said earlier that officials are treating the effort as a rescue “but we’re sure we’re in recovery mode at this time.”
Josh Shapiro pledged assistance from state emergency and transportation officials.
“All hands on deck,” Shapiro said.
In North Carolina, floodwaters have been blamed for the death of a 49-year-old woman whose car washed away on a road in Alexander County late Saturday night. A man who was in the car with her was rescued.
And as far south as Miami, soccer fans have taken shelter from the pouring rain while awaiting an event that will introduce international superstar Lionel Messi, one day after the team signed him to 2025.
Meanwhile, recovery efforts were underway in Vermont from the final days of heavy rain.
The Vermont Transportation Agency said 12 state roads remained closed, 12 were partially open to one lane, and 87 previously closed roads reopened.
The agency said 211 bridge inspections were completed this week in the affected areas, and four government bridges are closed and four buildings in the city are closed.
The transportation agency said rail lines throughout Vermont were also damaged. The agency said it has reopened 57 miles (92 km) of rail lines, and 64 miles of rail line remains closed.
“Our crews have been working tirelessly all week to repair damaged state roads and bridges, and to restore the state’s transportation infrastructure for visitors and visitors,” said Transportation Secretary Joe Flynn.
Heavy rains aren’t the only extreme weather plaguing the United States, a scorching heat wave across the Southwest has put nearly a third of Americans under some type of heat watch or warning. This included extreme temperatures in the hottest place on Earth – Death Valley, which runs along part of central California’s border with Nevada. Las Vegas also faced the possibility of reaching an all-time record temperature on Sunday.
The US Environmental Protection Agency issued air quality alerts in several states stretching from Montana to Ohio on Sunday because of smoke billowing from Canadian wildfires. New York Governor Hochul said she expects to issue air quality alerts for northern and western parts of New York state on Monday due to the wildfires.
“Air quality alerts are in place for much of the Great Lakes, Midwest, and Northern High Plains,” the National Weather Service said. This is due to the continued heavy concentration of Canadian forest fire smoke over these areas.
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