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04-14-2007, 10:57 PM
The weather system was forecast to strengthen when it reaches the East Coast on Sunday and form a nor'easter, a storm that follows the coast northward, with northeasterly wind driving waves and heavy rain.
A flood watch was posted for the New York City region, as the weather service forecast 2 to 4 inches of rain Sunday with wind gusting to 50 mph. Snow and sleet were possible inland, Koch said.
Officials warned that coastal Long Island could see some of its worst flooding since a winter storm that wrecked havoc on the island in late 1992. New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer said some low-lying areas may need to be evacuated, and deployed 3,200 members of the National Guard to areas predicted to be in the storm's path.
Further north, the National Weather Service said there could be as much as 20 inches of snow possible at higher elevations in the Adirondacks and several inches of rain in the Hudson Valley by the time the storm passes late Monday and Tuesday.
http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/northeast-braces-for-fierce-spring-storm/20070413205309990002
A flood watch was posted for the New York City region, as the weather service forecast 2 to 4 inches of rain Sunday with wind gusting to 50 mph. Snow and sleet were possible inland, Koch said.
Officials warned that coastal Long Island could see some of its worst flooding since a winter storm that wrecked havoc on the island in late 1992. New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer said some low-lying areas may need to be evacuated, and deployed 3,200 members of the National Guard to areas predicted to be in the storm's path.
Further north, the National Weather Service said there could be as much as 20 inches of snow possible at higher elevations in the Adirondacks and several inches of rain in the Hudson Valley by the time the storm passes late Monday and Tuesday.
http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/northeast-braces-for-fierce-spring-storm/20070413205309990002