![]() Tariq Zehawi//USA TODAY NETWORKĪuthorities rescued people trapped in flooded vehiclesĪ dangerous morning commute unfolded on the ground Monday across the Northeast with water rescues of drivers stranded in floodwaters reported in the region. More than 500 flights in the US were also canceled Monday and more than 4,700 were delayed, according to .Ĭars were left stranded in floodwaters on River St in Paterson, New Jersey, on Monday Dec. The vast majority of them were in Maine, where more than 420,000 customers did not have power out of the more than 852,000 tracked. ![]() Rain will come to an end across much of the region Monday night, but some flooding could be slow to recede and some rivers will still crest through Wednesday.Īnd as some communities begin working on recovering from the severe weather, hundreds of thousands of people remained in the dark Monday night.Īs of 9 p.m., more than 660,000 customers were without power across the Northeast, according to. Though the storm had moved into Canada by late Monday, its effects lingered, and the threat of flooding remained active for multiple communities, including parts of Maine, where a flash flood warning remained in effect through early Tuesday.īreezy conditions will also persist across much of the Northeast on Tuesday. In both Maine and New Hampshire, there were multiple reports of water rescues, the National Weather Service said Monday. “Flooding may cause dangers that may prohibit rescues as early as the overnight hours.” “Residents remain in their homes at their own peril,” Mayor James Belford Damiano said. The National Weather Service projected the river will hit major flood stage in Little Falls by Tuesday, and authorities previously warned the flooding could be “catastrophic.” In northern New Jersey, the mayor of Little Falls warned of potentially significant flooding in areas around the rising Passaic River and asked residents to evacuate their homes before midnight. ![]() Authorities there issued a flood advisory for the Bronx Monday evening, warning of flooding in “low-lying & poor drainage areas.” The storm system unleashed strong winds and heavy rain across the Northeast Monday, dumping 2 - 4 inches of water over much of the region within 24 hours, with reports of more than five inches of water reported just northwest of New York City. The man, who had been trapped inside, suffered severe head trauma and was taken to a hospital, where he died, District Attorney Timothy Cruz said. ![]() In Pennsylvania, a 73-year-old man died early Monday after his vehicle was also submerged in high water after heavy rainfall, according to coroner’s office in Lancaster County.Ī 40-year-old man died in Maine on Monday after he went to his roof to clear off a large tree piece that fell during a windstorm and was struck by another piece of a tree, authorities said.Īn 89-year-old man was killed Monday in Massachusetts after “high winds and rain caused a tree to collapse” on a small travel trailer in Plymouth County, according to the area’s district attorney. The area received more than six inches of rain on Sunday. The city coroner’s office said the death was storm-related, the paper reported. At least four people died across four states as a powerful storm battered parts of the East Coast over the weekend and stretched into the Northeast Monday, knocking out power, washing out roads and prompting one community’s evacuation.Ī 72-year-old woman died in South Carolina after her vehicle was submerged in water during storms, according to Charleston newspaper Post and Courier.
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