Floodwaters could cause travel delays to New York on Saturday

Metro

by Deirdre Bardolph

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New York is in for a rainy and windy weekend after a massive storm flooded the Big Apple for 12 straight hours on Saturday.

The spring deluge is expected to bring up to 3.5 inches of rain to the metropolitan area, with the possibility of even more rain in some areas of the city, posing a threat of flooding. The National Weather Service has issued wind advisories and flood watches across the tri-state area.

“It's going to be a complete washout,” said Fox Weather meteorologist Cody Blood. “If you go out, you're going to be dealing with this all day.”

Mayor Adams warned of traffic delays and widespread minor flooding, particularly around properties and buildings. In the post of X Friday.

The weather caused traffic congestion at the city's airports, with JFK airport seeing delays of up to an hour for departures and more by midday, according to aviation tracking service FlightAware. There were 72 delays and 7 cancellations at JFK Airport.

There were no cancellations, but delays also occurred at LaGuardia Airport, where some flights were delayed by up to two hours, and at Newark Liberty Airport, where some flights were delayed by up to three hours.

The storm could dump up to a foot of snow across the entire East Coast, from the southern tip of Florida to northern Maine. Large portions of upstate New York and Vermont are also expected to receive several inches of snow.

Heavy rain is expected to continue in the metropolitan area into Saturday night, with winds expected to pick up overnight and into Sunday. Wind gusts could reach 80 mph.

The NWS warned that unsafe objects could be washed away, tree branches could be blown away, and several power outages could occur.

A wind advisory is in effect until 2 a.m. Sunday for five boroughs, Long Island, southern Connecticut, northeastern New Jersey and Westchester.

Brad noted that this is not just a typical spring shower, but a “troublesome” system that will steam north into Miami. “But we need to get through until Sunday. It's going to be pretty good,” he said.

Saturday's high will be 53 degrees, and Sunday will be windy but sunny and about 5 degrees cooler. By the end of the week, temperatures are expected to reach 60 degrees and bring more rain.

Brown said the troubling first weekend of spring could extend into the Upper Midwest, which could experience the worst spring snowstorm in five years, where more than a foot of snow could fall.

Widespread winter weather warnings are in effect across the region, with the possibility of snowstorms along the shores of Lake Superior in Minnesota.