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Storm That Roared Through the South Sweeps Into the Northeast Storm That Roared Through the South Sweeps Into the Northeast
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The storm that devastated parts of the South over the weekend swept into the Northeast with heavy wind and rain, causing flooding and disrupting transit. The storm that devastated parts of the South over the weekend swept into the Northeast with strong gusts of wind and heavy rain, knocking down power lines and tree branches, flooding some coastal towns and disrupting transit across the region.
Wind speeds of more than 60 miles per hour in New Jersey and nearly 50 miles per hour in parts of New York had city officials urging caution on Monday, but the wind tapered down significantly by Tuesday morning. By Tuesday morning, the worst of the storm had passed. The damage was significantly less than the storm’s southern passage, which left at least 20 people dead, including 15 in Georgia.
“It has all the aspects of what a strong nor’easter would have — a lot of wind with it, some heavier rain,” Bruce Sullivan, a meteorologist with National Weather Service, said Monday evening. On the Jersey Shore, flooding closed some roads in places like Wildwood, Atlantic City and Sea Bright. Photographs and videos shared on social media showed water pooling in and outside of the Hoboken Terminal.
On the Jersey Shore, flooding had closed some roadways. In Asbury Park, N.J., limbs from trees littered the streets on Tuesday morning. On the South Shore of Long Island, rain flooded the streets in Freeport and Lindenhurst. Some New Jersey school districts were closed or delayed opening on Tuesday because of the weather. In New York, small sections of the Belt Parkway, Van Wyck Expressway and Brooklyn-Queens Expressway were flooded briefly.
Sam Patel, owner of a Welsh Farms convenience store, said the electricity went out a few times Monday night but came back on within five minutes. The wind also ripped off the downspout from his gutter, which he fastened back on with duct tape. Power failures were reported in parts of Long Island, New Jersey, Staten Island and Queens.
“All day the gusts were just like the classic hurricane type; you could hear the rattling of the gutters, the hissing,” he said. Wind speeds of more than 60 miles per hour in New Jersey and about 40 m.p.h. in New York prompted warnings from city officials on Monday, but the wind tapered significantly by Tuesday morning. The storm surge caused water to rise about two-and-a-half feet in New York, which officials described as mild. About 70 to 80 trees were blown down, said Nancy Silvestri, a spokeswoman for the New York City Emergency Management Department.
“There are no major impacts from either last night’s high tide period or this morning,” Ms. Silvestri said.
Residents from around the region spoke about the inconveniences and less about damage: The memory of hurricane Sandy, which caused a storm surge of more than 10 feet in places and left behind significantly more destruction, loomed larger.
Sam Patel, owner of a Welsh Farms convenience store in Asbury Park, N.J., said the electricity went out a few times Monday night but came back on within five minutes. The wind also ripped off a piece of his storm gutter, which he refastened with tape.
“All day the gusts were just like the classic hurricane type,” he said. “You could hear the rattling of the gutters, the hissing.”
What spared the area, he said, was that the rain was not particularly heavy.What spared the area, he said, was that the rain was not particularly heavy.
Some New Jersey school districts were closed or had delayed opening on Tuesday. In Monmouth Beach, N.J., some flooded streets were blocked off with orange traffic cones. Tattered flags shook on flagpoles in a wind that had yet to fully dissipate on Tuesday morning. Toppled trash cans dotted main commercial streets.
As the sun rose in Lindenhurst on Long Island, so did the water on Pecan Street. The canal residents use for fishing and crabbing in the summer quickly turned into a river. Curbs disappeared. In Lindenhurst, Long Island, high tide peaked around 7:20 a.m. The canal used for crabbing and swimming in the summertime had overflowed into the road. Curbs disappeared under the pooled water. The six inches of floodwater did not reach the levels left by Hurricane Sandy, when “you could go kayaking in the streets,” said Darren Greene, 13, waiting for a bus to take him to school. He was not entirely confident about when, or if, the bus would come. The road had been blocked off just past the stop.
At 7:20 Tuesday morning, the flooding on Pecan Street was about six inches deep. Michael Gandolfi, his wife and their 1-year-old son were stuck at home in Lindenhurst with about a foot of water in front of their house. So Mr. Gandolfi, 37, planned to use the day to play with his remote-control boats.
And the water was frigid — the kind of cold that burns your feet as it fills your rain boots. In the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, small bodies of water covered low-lying roads. But the delivery crews, workers and early risers navigating the streets before dawn on Tuesday were not fazed.
The region was expected to get up to three inches of rain by the time the storm pulls away. A flood watch was lifted early Tuesday. Alongside the loading docks of a Fairway Market grocery store, a pool of water formed the width of the street and about 50 yards long.
Photos and videos shared on social media showed some flooding on Monday at the Hoboken Terminal, one of the New York area’s busiest transportation hubs. “It’s like this any time it rains hard,” a Fairway employee said.
Passengers at the region’s three major airports faced long delays and some cancellations on Monday. A couple of drivers used a swath of the dry curb to pass, while a motorist in a sport-utility vehicle charged through the pool of water.
The weather forced the suspension of AirTrain service at Newark Liberty International Airport at 1 p.m. on Monday; buses ran in its place. Bruce Sullivan, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, described the storm on Monday as a “strong nor’easter,” because of the high winds and heavy rain. The storm had deposited between an inch and an inch and a half of rain by Tuesday morning.
New Jersey Transit and Amtrak temporarily suspended service along some lines on Monday because of downed power lines. Both had resumed service by 6 p.m. New Jersey Transit buses were delayed up to 60 minutes in some areas because of flooding and road closures. Passengers at the region’s three major airports had faced long delays and cancellations on Monday. The weather forced the suspension of AirTrain service at Newark Liberty International Airport on Monday; buses ran in its place.
Two low-pressure systems contributed to the storm, Mr. Sullivan said. One, from the south, was weakening as another, moved in from off the coast of the Delmarva Peninsula. New Jersey Transit and Amtrak temporarily suspended service along some lines on Monday because of downed power lines.
Tornadoes and thunderstorms over the weekend were blamed for at least 20 deaths in the Deep South, including at least 15 in Georgia, according to The Associated Press. Dozens of people were injured. Two low-pressure systems contributed to the storm, Mr. Sullivan said. One, from the south, was weakening as another moved in from off the coast of the Delmarva Peninsula.