New York, New Jersey Face Flooding Rains Monday Night
Rain may fall at 2 to 3 inches or more per hour as the storms make their way across the region that is covered by flood watches from Massachusetts to Virginia. There is ring of flash flood warnings surrounding New York City, as well as being scattered across the Mid Atlantic and Northeast, said Brian Hurley, a senior branch forecaster at the US Weather Prediction Center.
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