SH6 south of Luggate to Cromwell is now open with Stop/Go at Mount Pisa Road with flooding and damage to power poles. The Braves-Nationals game scheduled for Sunday evening has not been affected.People planning their school holiday departures need to check in with the MetService forecasts and Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency’s traffic and highways update to be on the safe side.įour Te Waipounamu/ South Island highways are currently closed in Southland, Otago and South Canterbury – the Milford Sound highway (SH94), Te Tipua south-west of Mataura at the Titipua Stream Bridge (SH96), Makarora to Haast (SH6) and the Aoraki/Mt Cook highway (SH80). The Washington Nationals also postponed their home game against the Atlanta Braves from Saturday afternoon to the evening due to the weather. In light of weather concerns, the New York Yankees postponedtheir home game on Saturday against the Arizona Diamondbacks to Monday. New York City also issued a travel advisory for the weekend, warning of heavy rain and potential flooding. It is expected to continue through Monday night, according to NWS. In New York City, the downpour accumulatedbetween 2 and 3 inches of rainfall with gusts up to 45 mph. The eastern portion of New Jersey, including Stafford Township and Egg Harbor City, receivedaround 4.5 inches of rain. The NWS expectsover a foot of rising water near shorelines and tidal waterways. Over the weekend, parts of central and southern Virginia also accumulatedbetween 3 and 5 inches of rainfall.Ī coastal flood advisory was also issued for the Delaware beaches until 9 p.m. Fuquay-Varina, a town south of Raleigh, receivednearly 5 inches of rainfall. In Raleigh, Ophelia dumped over 3 inches of rain on Saturday, breaking the area's daily record set in 1906 by more than an inch, according to the National Weather Service. ET on Saturday, with maximum winds of 70 mph, the center said.Īs the storm passed through central North Carolina, winds reaching between 20 and 25 mph with greater gusts of 35 to 45 mph resulted in downed trees and more power outages, the NWS said Saturday afternoon. Ophelia made landfall near Emerald Isle, N.C. Ophelia unleashed heavy rain across the Northeast On Friday, the governors of Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia declared a state of emergency. Nearly 8,000 customers in Maryland and 4,700 customers in Pennsylvania were without power on Sunday afternoon, according to PowerOutage.US, which tracks outages across the country. due to more extreme precipitation and sea level rise from climate change. Heavy rain from Ophelia will also pose a risk of flash flooding from Virginia to New Jersey, according to the hurricane center.įloods have become more frequent and severe in most of the U.S. The center discontinued all storm surge and tropical storm warnings on Saturday.Ĭoastal flooding will continue to be a threat in portions of the Chesapeake Bay on Sunday. Ophelia was downgraded from a tropical depression to a post-tropical cyclone on Saturday night. No watches or warnings related to Philippe have been issued. ET, the storm was 1,225 miles from the Cabo Verde Islands, traveling west-northwest with maximum winds of 50 mph, the hurricane center said. The swells generated by Ophelia will likely continue to produce life-threatening surf and rip current conditions along the East Coast.Īs Ophelia weakens, tropical storm Philippe continues to form in the Atlantic. ET Sunday, the National Hurricane Center said it expects some areas in the Mid-Atlantic to southern New England to receive between 1 and 3 inches of rainfall. It its final advisoryon Ophelia, from 5 a.m. Ophelia, now downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone, still poses a risk of flash flooding along the Mid-Atlantic coast from Washington, D.C., to New York on Sunday.
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