DEVELOPING: California facing potentially 'catastrophic' flooding as the Northeast braces for a powerful nor'easter, forecasters say.
Tuesday, with storm-battered California facing potentially"catastrophic" flooding as the Northeast braces for a powerful nor'easter, forecasters said.
Snowfall totals of 12 inches or higher were forecast over swaths of New England and upstate New York, with localized totals of 24-30 inches possible, it said. The governor said the storm could also bring a “serious loss of power” as she urged New Yorkers to stay home Tuesday. By Monday night, the nor’easter had brought heavy rain to Philadelphia as it moved up the East Coast. Five New Jersey counties were under a weather-related state of emergency, and as much as a foot of snow was expected along Pennsylvania’s I-80 corridor, according to the weather service.
The severe weather could create considerable to “locally catastrophic flooding impacts” for parts of California as it shifts south across much of the California coast, the Central Valley and the Sierra Nevada foothills, the weather service said. The weather service’s Weather Prediction Center issued a high risk of excessive rainfall over parts of central and Southern California through Wednesday morning in preparation for the storm’s impact.Melina Mara / The Washington Post via Getty Images
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