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New York Times
8 minutes ago
- New York Times
Heavy Rain and Flash Flooding Threaten Mid-Atlantic and Northeast
Widespread storms are expected to bring periods of intense rainfall to parts of the northern Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast on Thursday, as forecasters said that up to eight inches of rain could fall in some areas and raise the risk of a 'potentially significant flash flooding event.' The weather conditions leading to the bouts of heavy rain involve a cold front moving across the region. Richard Bann, a meteorologist at the Weather Prediction Center, said that the front was interacting with unusually warm, humid and unstable air for this time of year. 'That's going to allow the storms to become stronger,' he said. 'With some very intense rainfall rates, upward of two inches per hour.' The Weather Prediction Center issued a Level 3 out of 4 risk for excessive rainfall from northeastern Virginia to New Jersey, including Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Philadelphia, through Friday. A wider area, from eastern Virginia to Connecticut, including Richmond and New York City, was under a Level 2 out of 4 risk. Flood watches were also issued across much of the region. The center highlighted two main areas of concern when storms begin to develop in the region on Thursday afternoon. From northeast Pennsylvania through southern New England, rainfall of up to 1.5 inches per hour was expected. Forecasters said locally significant flash flooding was likely, particularly for areas close to the Poconos and the higher elevations of southern New England. Farther south, the storms were forecast to be more intense. From northern New Jersey to Northern Virginia, up to three inches of rain per hour was expected, especially in the Washington D.C., and Baltimore areas, extending into southern New Jersey. The center said that some places were expected to get over five inches of rain. Because the affected area includes major urban centers, including the I-95 corridor, Mr. Bann said that flash flooding could lead to serious disruptions, especially since repeated storms over the same locations were expected. 'It's also been very wet in some of these places, like Washington D.C.,' he said. 'The ground already has water in it, so any additional water on top of it is going to be more likely to run off as well.' Once the front passes through, the outlook is looking drier and cooler from Friday. 'There might be some lingering rain along the coast,' Mr. Bann said. 'But the heavier activity will have gone.'
News24
8 minutes ago
- News24
8 more people die in flooding as heavy rain lashes China
Eight people died in extreme Chinese weather. 18 are still unaccounted for. Extreme rains delivered a year's worth of rain in less than a week in some areas. Extreme weather killed at least eight people in the city of Chengde just outside the Chinese capital Beijing, with 18 still unaccounted for, as heavy rainfall pounded the hilly region over the past week. The deaths occurred in villages within the Xinglong area of Chengde in Hebei province, state-run Xinhua reported late on Wednesday citing local authorities, without specifying when or how the people died. Work is still under way to locate those missing, Xinhua said. Set against mountainous terrain, Chengde was known as a resort town for Qing dynasty emperors to escape Beijing's heat in the summer centuries ago. Extreme rains that began last Wednesday have lashed Beijing and surrounding regions, pouring a year's worth of rain in less than a week in some areas and killing at least 30 in the outskirts of the capital. READ | 30 dead, 80 000 residents relocated as 'intense volume of rainfall' hits China Twenty-eight of those deaths occurred in hilly Miyun district. The deaths in Chengde occurred in villages which border Miyun situated about 25km away from the Miyun reservoir, the largest in China's north. The reservoir saw record-breaking inflow and outflow of water, and overall water level and capacity during this round of rainfall which devastated nearby towns. At its peak on Sunday, up to 6 550 cubic metres of water - about 2.5 Olympic-sized pools - flooded into the reservoir every second, pushing its capacity to a record high of 3.63 billion cubic metres since it was built in 1960. The villages where eight have died sit on higher elevations in a valley, upstream of the Miyun reservoir. In another village to the north of the reservoir, a landslide on Monday killed eight people while four remained missing. Extreme rainfall and severe flooding, which meteorologists link to climate change, increasingly pose major challenges for Chinese policymakers, with officials partially attributing a slowdown in factory activities to heavy rains and flooding.
Yahoo
35 minutes ago
- Yahoo
Steelers make practice time change for Thursday, dodging rain
This story initially appeared on With showers and thunderstorms forecast for the afternoon, the Pittsburgh Steelers have moved their training camp practice at St. Vincent College on Thursday, July 31 to the morning. The Steelers originally had been scheduled to practice at 1:55 p.m. at Chuck Noll Field. Instead, they will move their practice session to 10 a.m. The Steelers already had one practice session this week that was washed out because of rain. The team instead had a walkthrough in the gymnasium on Tuesday. Click here to read more from our partners at Sports Now Group Pittsburgh. Download the FREE WPXI News app for breaking news alerts. Follow Channel 11 News on Facebook and Twitter. | Watch WPXI NOW
