US NORTHEAST SEES RECORD BREAKING RAINS, FLOODS. Some areas under - TopicsExpress



          

US NORTHEAST SEES RECORD BREAKING RAINS, FLOODS. Some areas under state of emergency in Detroit. Unprecedented rainfall flooded areas of Baltimore, Long Island, Connecticut and Detroit 160mm of rainfall fell in 73 minutes yesterday evening and this morning. This morning reports of dangerous flash flooding occured across Central Long Island, New York and Southern Connecticut as a low pressure area centered near New York City brings bands of heavy rain to its east. Rainfall rates as high as 136mm per hour. Portions of 4 major expressways remain closed in Detroit today due to flood damage, and states of emergency remain in effect for much of Detroit and some of its northern suburbs. All of these floods had two things in common: an unusually high level of water vapor in the atmosphere, and an unusually amplified jet stream.
Posted on: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 16:08:01 +0000

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