More Rain Expected in Northeast After Deadly Weekend Floods
While the water has receded in some places, the damage to roads and bridges has made it difficult for search and rescue teams to fan out and make sure residents are accounted for, he said.
“There’s some people that could have been swept away,” he said.
More rain is expected in the Northeast on Monday. A high probability of excessive rainfall is likely for the area across the Champlain Valley and Northern Vermont, where the most prolonged rainfall duration is likely.
Typically, these rains would be concerning in their own right. But forecasters with the Weather Prediction Center said that many areas in central and northern New England have seen 200 to 300 percent of their normal rainfall over the past 14 days. Streams are already running abnormally fast, with some at all-time record flows, meaning even a little more rain would exacerbate the situation.
Source: The New York Times
