New York faces new flood threat just weeks after Ida’s havoc
The Peninsula
New York and the U.S. Northeast are facing another flood threat just three weeks after the remnants of Hurricane Ida devastated the region, but the heavy rain expected through Friday won’t match that storm’s deadly deluge.
As much as 2 inches (5 centimeters) of rain could fall in New York and its surrounding suburbs starting Thursday afternoon with the heaviest showers coming after 8 p.m., likely causing some floods, the National Weather Service said. Flood warnings are already in place in Washington, D.C., though the system is moving to the east.
"We are going to do things differently from now on,” New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday in a briefing. "Officially this looks like a limited storm, but we’ve learned that projections are not always right. The National Weather Service forecast is for 1.5 inches of rain but they are talking about 1 inch an hour, which could cause problems.”
