Monday, July 17, 2023 3:48AM
NEW YORK (WABC) — Torrential downpours led to flash flooding, power outages and extensive delays at Tri-State Area airports on Sunday.
The delays from the drenching thunderstorms have been affecting arrivals and departures. There were a few cancellations, too, like the flight Joyia and her son Myles were supposed to be on Sunday night.
The storms are being blamed for rough road travel, too. In Watchung, New Jersey, the weather is being investigated as a factor in a crash that sent a car out of control off I78, leaving one person in critical condition.
On Long Island, the rain overwhelmed storm drains on many roads. Five inches of rain fell in Islip, where a police officer was hurt while directing traffic around flooding when a rental van hit his cruiser.
Parts of Westchester and Putnam County also got a lot of rain, flooding highways like the Taconic. Several trees came crashing down in Hawthorne on the property of a home that is on the market.
In New Jersey, Warren County got the worst of the power outages from storms both Saturday and Sunday. The unsafe conditions are making getting the power back on challenging.
Governor Murphy has declared a State of Emergency, saying rainfall as intense as what we have been seeing can cause expensive damage to infrastructure in the form of landslides and road damage.
Governor Hochul today said Sunday those parts of New York trying to dry out from several inches of rain cannot take any more.
Near Philadelphia, severe storms and flooding Saturday left four people dead and four others missing. Storms continue on Sunday, with a tornado warning issued for Philadelphia and Montgomery County.
The latest round of storms come as several communities in Orange and Rockland counties are still cleaning up from flooding that happened nearly a week ago.
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