Monday was another rough day for weather across the nation, as the Northeast saw yet more heavy, flooding rain, and tens of millions of Americans dealt with sweltering, dangerous heat.
Vermont was in the crosshairs of the extreme rainfall and flooding concerns. Rescue teams raced to try to get to towns that had been unreachable since torrents of rain belted the state overnight Sunday into Monday.
Driving rain continued to pound much of the Northeast Monday. “Rainfall rates could reach 2 inches per hour in some locations as the system slowly moves,” AccuWeather senior meteorologist Adam Douty said. “Infrastructure in the metro areas may not be able to handle rainfall of this magnitude, and as a result, rising water could quickly inundate some locations.”
The slow-moving storm moved northward Monday morning after hitting parts of New York and Connecticut on Sunday.
Deadly floodwaters had swept across parts of the Northeast Sunday, where a woman was killed by flooding in New York State. Parts of Pennsylvania were swamped by up to 8 inches of rain. And forecasters warned that residents from North Carolina to New Hampshire could expect heavy rains and potential flooding, with flash flood warnings in parts of New York, Vermont, and Connecticut.
Following a week of world-record-breaking heat, residents in California, Arizona, Texas, and Florida endured oppressive heat Monday. In all, more than 42 million Americans faced heat warnings, watches or advisories.
Woman dead in Hudson Valley, New York
A woman in her 30s was swept away and drowned while trying to evacuate her home in New York’s Hudson Valley on Sunday. Flash flooding dislodged boulders, which rammed into the woman’s house and damaged part of its wall, Orange County Executive Steven Neuhaus said. Two other people escaped the home in Highlands, about 40 miles north of New York City.
“Her house was completely surrounded by water,” he said. “She was trying to get through (the flooding) with her dog,” he added,…
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