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Here We Go Again! Up To 40,000 New Yorkers Could Be Forced To Evacuate As NorEaster Storm Brings Freezing Temperatures, Rain And Wind Gusts To 55 MPH To Devastated East Coast
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Up to 40,000 New Yorkers may need to be relocated as the city prepares for freezing temperatures and more rain and wind from a ‘nor’easter’ storm.
It is expected to hit New York and New Jersey with gusts of up to 55mph by Wednesday. The strongest winds are forecast for Long Island, with 40mph more likely for New York City. There is also the chance of more beach erosion, coastal flooding and trees weakened by Superstorm Sandy being felled.
Up to four inches of rain is expected along with snowfall in more inland mountainous areas and a tidal storm surge of up to 5ft is possible, forecasters say.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said tens of thousands of people were in need of shelter, including 20,000 in public housing. Almost 2million people still have no power as cold weather sets in – a week after Sandy wreaked havoc on the East Coast, killing at least 113 in the US.
Hundreds of thousands of commuters today faced tricky journeys into the city as public transport remained patchy. Rail service was reduced and the subway was at 80 per cent of its normal service. Most schools were due to reopen today, but some lacked power and others were being used as shelters.
The challenges were more severe for tens of thousands of people unable to return to their homes and many more living without power or heat, with the next storm hitting by the middle of this week. Hurricane Sandy killed 69 people in the Caribbean before turning north and hitting the US at 80mph.
Concerns are also rising that voters won’t get to polling stations on tomorrow’s Election Day. Many voting centres were rendered useless by the record surge of seawater in New York and New Jersey.
Powerful Nor’easter to Unleash Snow From Virginia to Maine
A powerful nor’easter will bring another round of coastal flooding to the mid-Atlantic and southern New England Wednesday into Thursday. This will affect the areas that were hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy last week.
Along with heavy rain, strong winds and interior snow, this nor’easter will bring a water rise of up to 5 feet above tide level to some areas.
A water rise of this magnitude normally wouldn’t be as large of an issue; however, Hurricane Sandy damaged or destroyed a lot of the dunes that were in place to protect beach communities from this scenario.
With limited or damaged dunes in place, the water will have free reign to flow into coastal communities, especially along the New Jersey coastline.MORE
Nor’easter to Cause Flooding, Damage, More Power Outages
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