Flash Flood Warnings Hit NYC and Philadelphia as 60 Million Face Up to 8 Inches
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Updated · abcnews.com · Jul 7
Flash Flood Warnings Hit NYC and Philadelphia as 60 Million Face Up to 8 Inches
3 articles · Updated · abcnews.com · Jul 7
Summary
Brooklyn, Queens and the Philadelphia area were under flash flood warnings Monday as storms pushed into the Northeast, with New York City and Long Island facing a level 3 of 4 flood threat.
Up to 3 inches of rain an hour and isolated totals of 8 inches were forecast after a deadly East Coast heat wave, with 1 to 2 inches already fallen in parts of New York and flooding reported in Philadelphia.
More than 700 flights were canceled at New York and New Jersey airports, and major airports across the region were reporting delays of more than an hour under FAA ground stops.
Ocean Township, New Jersey, saw a BJ's Wholesale Club roof partially collapse during severe weather; 27 people were inside, two were briefly trapped, and no injuries were reported.
The storm system follows days of heat and earlier outages, with more than 60,000 customers still without power in New Jersey, 43,000 in New York and 95,000 across Pennsylvania on Monday morning.