Funviralpark The storm is expected to bring heavy rains, with gusts of up to 60 miles per hour, and winds that can topple trees and power lines. Previous thunderstorm warnings for southern Nassau, Queens and Brooklyn have since expired.
That’s not all. Temperatures are expected to drop by 30 degrees from Friday night to Saturday morning, with gusty Arctic air that could cover much of the region with black ice, officials said.
It follows some of the worst flooding in a decade on Long Island Friday, from east of Southampton to Island Park on Nassau’s South Shore, wreaking havoc on roads and flooding neighborhoods and state parks.
Flooded areas on Nassau’s South Shore included Oceanside, near a middle school, and East Rockaway, where police evacuated one person from the house, Nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman said Friday in Bethpage. said at a press conference.
“It was very dangerous this morning,” Blakeman said. “…we had extreme flooding. If you were in your home you were likely safe, but some people had quite a bit of water in their basements. It was flooded, we would probably lose a few cars, and we had to pull some people out of the cars.”
Nassau Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said there were about 32 vehicular accidents between Thursday night and Friday morning, but only five were storm-related.
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“We also had 104 calls of people trapped in cars and others,” Ryder said. “All of them were taken care of and no one was hurt.”
Suffolk Police did not see an increase in 911 calls during the storm.
At Island Park, Isabella Franzese, 53, was awakened by the ringing of her car alarm. Isabella Franzese, 53, said she and her husband just moved in on Sunday at their Radcliffe Road home. A short time later, a man in a kayak passed by, checking on his neighbors.
“I’m ready to move to Arizona now,” she said.
Elsewhere, ‘very high’ levels of flooding were reported in Southampton, particularly on the dune road. The entrance to the Ponkorg Bridge in Hampton Bay was closed, but reopened around 10am on Friday.
Ryan Murphy, Southampton’s public safety and emergency management manager, said: “One of the important things to note is that this is probably the most flooding we’ve seen since Sandy.
Rising water from a “huge winter storm” sweeping across much of the country was boosted by the new moon as was Superstorm Sandy, but by mid-morning the tide gauge was already dropping, but peco The Nick Bay area wasn’t expected to peak until around 11, Murphy said.
The power outage on PSEG Long Island peaked with about 28,000 customers without power, according to the power company. Approximately 2,900 customers were still without power as of 1:20 p.m., mainly in the towns of Southold, Brookhaven, Huntington and Oyster Bay, according to the power company’s outage map.
“I personally drink Dunkin’ coffee.” It was covered in water, and the waves of Peconic Bay were up to the top of my mother’s flagpole. It was a terrible storm all night.”
In Cutchogue, just five places west, 65-year-old Debra Scracchio was unharmed.
“We are doing well,” she said. “The wind and rain have stopped now, but we lost power around 6am this morning, but it was restored quickly.”
‘It’s a mess’
Sau Old Town supervisor Scott Russell said the storm left “chaos” and shelters have been set up on Pacific Street in the Human Resources Building for evacuees.
Among those affected by the storm was a quadriplegic resident of the Orient who refused to leave but was moved to the second floor of his home.
“There are some power lines across the road,” said Russell. Also lots of floods, lots of puddles. It’s a mess there. Things are starting to settle, but I’m confused. ”
Highway 48 between Boisseau Avenue and Albertson Lane has been closed after three power poles fell and will likely remain closed all day until repairs are completed, said Southold Police Chief Martin Flatt. Mr Lee said.
“We expect more damage as the cold front passes, winds pick up again and temperatures drop,” he said.
The mayor said the causeway between East Marion and the Orient was at risk of flooding onto Route 25.
“Almost everywhere on the Peconic Bay side, all the places that are normally low-lying, are pretty flooded,” said Mr Flatley. …The biggest problem right now is that the utility poles are down.”
Meadowbrook State Parkway, south of Hempstead’s Sunrise Highway, was closed due to flooding, state police said. The Wantar State Park Road, which was also partially closed, has reopened.
According to the NYPD, the floodwaters have subsided in New York City, with only two stretches of major roads at least partially flooded. The northbound Henry Hudson Parkway at his 232nd Street in Manhattan was still blocked. Depot Place highway flooded.
The Long Island Railroad was forced to suspend service on its low-lying Long Beach branch. Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE Bus) was reciprocating his LIRR fares on his N15 line between Rockville Center and Long Beach.
Railroads also reported delays on the Hempstead, Port Jefferson, West Hempstead, Montauk and Babylon lines. Some of the problems were caused by broken rails in Jamaica, according to LIRR, which outlined its pre-storm preparations on Thursday.
“Railway crews have the equipment on hand to react as quickly as the situation permits: chainsaws for clearing fallen trees, pumps for flooded areas, replacement of damaged utility poles and circuit breakers. To identify location and supply availability,” he said.
NICE Bus also advised customers to expect delays and diversions due to inclement weather, which “may cause icy and dangerous road conditions.”
At Jones Beach State Park in Wantagh, George Gorman, regional director of New York’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, said all the sand in fields 2 through 6 was submerged, causing “significant flooding. ‘ said. The boardwalk was also flooded.
“And in Gilgo State Park, the water is down to the dunes. At Robert Moses State Park, the entire beachfront is covered in water, except for the far end of Field 2,” Gorman said.
Orient State Park was closed because the entrance was flooded, he said.
We’ll have to wait until the water recedes to determine how much erosion has occurred, Gorman said.
Cancellation of flights and ferries
“The massive winter storm that brought frigid blasts across much of the continental United States, along with significant winter precipitation, will continue to trail the eastern United States today,” said the National Weather Service’s Center for Weather Forecasting. said.
“As of early Friday morning, more than 240 million people in the United States had received some form of winter weather warning or advisory,” it said, adding that this was the “largest coverage of these warnings ever issued.” He added that it was one of
Airlines canceled 2,916 flights nationwide after noon and delayed 2,916 flights, according to the FlightAware website. That’s double the early morning total.
At LaGuardia Airport, 32% of flights were canceled and 8% were delayed. Cancellations accounted for 8% of his flights and delays 12% at Kennedy Airport.
Fire Island Ferries has canceled all Friday night services “due to severe flooding and storm conditions predicted”.
Cliff Clark, CEO of the South Ferry, which runs between Shelter Island and North Haven, said it was probably the highest water level he had seen since Superstorm Sandy. It’s close to the highest since then,” he said.
The first boat of the day left Shelter Island at 5:40 a.m., as scheduled, and “there was quite rough seas to deal with,” Clark said.
The North Ferry between Shelter Island and Greenport temporarily suspended service on Friday morning during high tide, but there was no disruption to service.
Rain should begin to abate by noon, but a strong wind advisory will persist until 10 p.m. Friday. Expect wind speeds of 20-30 mph with gusts up to 60 mph.
And with frigid temperatures and gusts of 60 mph, chills of 10 to 0 degrees from Friday night will continue into Saturday’s Christmas Eve day.
Temperatures drop sharply, dropping below freezing in the evenings, which can cause puddles to become ice-covered.
“Sprayed” patches of black ice could cause vehicles to skid from Friday afternoon through Saturday morning, especially at high altitude, including on bridges.
Fortunately, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the factors limiting that risk are “warm ground temperatures initially, strong winds, and rapid air drying when cold air comes in.”
A shower of snow is possible in the East End Friday evening through Sunday morning.
On the other hand, it will be sunny both on Saturday, Christmas Eve, when the official daytime high is 21C, and on Christmas Day, when the daytime high is 27C.
Thankfully for those who don’t like the cold, after a chilly Sunday night (with a forecast overnight low of 17C), the thermometer climbed steadily higher during working hours, from 31C on Monday to Thursday morning. rises to 45 degrees.
With Joan Gralla, Brianne Ledda, Lorena Mongelli and Joe Werkmeister
