Hurricane Henri is expected to make landfall in New York as a category 1 hurricane.
Henri had already delivered record-breaking rain totals and widespread flooding hours before its projected landfall Sunday afternoon. Heavy rain overwhelmed storm drains and drivers plowed through foot-deep water in a few spots Saturday night in New York City and New Jersey.
Now a tropical storm, Henri is still projected to bring another three to six inches of rainfall Sunday as the system moves over Long Island and into New England.
Flash flood warnings were issued beginning Saturday night and into Sunday morning throughout the five boroughs and northern New Jersey.
The National Weather Service said drivers had to be rescued after they got stuck in a flash flood on 3rd Avenue beneath the Gowanus Expressway and between 4th Avenue and Carroll Street late Saturday.
According to the NWS, nearly 4 inches of rain fell Saturday night in Central Park. With 1.94 inches between 10 p.m. to 11 p.m., it was the rainiest hour in 150+ years of recorded history. There have been several reports of multiple vehicles stranded in floods in parts of the city, northern New Jersey and on Long Island.
No stranger to flooding, the subway system had to suspend several lines for a brief period overnight in Manhattan. Interim NYC Transit President Craig Cipriano pleaded with New Yorkers to "stay home if you can" as Henri's wrath descended, flooding train tracks, streets and subways overnight.
Henri is expected to cause devastating power outages across the region.
Reader Comments
I want an explanation for the satellite radar video that showed Henri blowing up in a perfectly circular manner about 30 hours ago. Of course it came with a histrionic audio which distracted all from the issue of what the video shows. Best to turn off audio and simply LOOK. I've watched hurricanes my whole life and don't recall a damn thing like this: [Link]
RC
I used to love the guy on the West Coast who used to show how they were geoengineering the weather coming off the Pacific onto the western coast. I can't find him anymore.
Yo! P! You're getting PRB'd here: Let the lady know!*
Also, re that hurrican imagery, here's a great task that I believe that you're up to: Find me the original without his histrionic and certain conclusions about the cause.
*Also, I did not mean to not credit whoever with that amazing piece of info - I actually forget who first pointed it out. (My guess would have been first, you, then HA2, then . . . WTFE.
RC
He even designed an experimental reactor to exploit the phenomena he described. No-one ever built or tested his model.
Could one go without a ticket? How could they have enforced the whole 'Death Jab For Cooties' thing?
They would have called off Woodstock.
RC
The same phenomenon is powering the South Sandwich Islands earthquake cluster, except in the crust and sea floor.