Forecasters have warned that areas prone to flash flooding across the New York Metro Area are likely to see such flooding on Friday, with steady rain and occasional downpours expected through the morning rush hour and for much of the day. On Friday morning, the National Weather Service issued a flash-flood warning that included all…
As most Californians know all too well, the rain that drenched the state this week was extreme and often record-breaking. As Tropical Storm Hilary passed through California, more rain fell in San Diego and Los Angeles on Sunday than on any other August day on record. The same was true in the desert city of…
Heavy rain and snow fell across swaths of California on Tuesday, unleashing a new round of flooding and power outages in areas where successive storms have disrupted life over the past few weeks. Snow on Tuesday covered portions of Interstate 80 in Northern California and flooding prompted the temporary closure of other roadways, including several…
At Donner Summit, scientists at the Central Sierra Snow Lab at the University of California, Berkeley, on Saturday reported more than two feet of snowfall in less than 36 hours , and state transportation officials were turning big rigs around amid deteriorating road conditions. At 7 a.m., more than 30 semi trucks were parked in…
CARPINTERIA, Calif. — As rain lashed Southern California overnight, parts of the Los Angeles area experienced flooding — an unusual twist for a typically dry, sunny place where people tend to worry about droughts. Forecasters warned that little relief was expected on Tuesday. Rainfall in many parts of the state has exceeded a foot since…
And with more storms on the horizon, the mountains could see more rain that may lead to flooding. “Now that we have a saturated snowpack, we’re probably not going to get a lot more storage from the rain that falls on it,” said Andrew Schwartz, the lead scientist and manager at the Central Sierra Snow…
Karla Nemeth, the director of the California Department of Water Resources, the agency that manages the Golden State’s most precious resource, said that California must toe a fine line during intense winter storms. On one hand, the state desperately needs winter rain and snow to replenish water supplies before the annual dry spell that often…
The heaviest snowfall, according to forecasters, is likely to occur between Wednesday night and Friday over the Great Lakes, where the total depth could exceed a foot. Wind gusts of more than 50 m.p.h. will create near-zero visibility, leading to what the Weather Service described as “dangerous, to at times impossible, land and air travel.”…
The resolve of Georgia voters could again be tested in Tuesday’s Senate runoff, with some county officials seeking to manage expectations about wait times to vote, which they said could be significant. Wait times during early, in-person voting were indeed significant: Some Georgians, especially those in the Atlanta area, waited more than two hours to…
More heavy rain was expected on Tuesday morning in Kentucky, potentially complicating efforts to find hundreds of people still unaccounted for days after severe flooding left at least 37 dead. Nearly two million people across parts of Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia were under a flood watch through the morning, when quick-moving storms were forecast…