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New York – Flash flood warnings are in effect across the New York City area on Monday as multiple rounds of heavy rain batter the region once again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It comes after the National Weather Service expanded a flood watch through tonight to northern New Jersey and all of New York City, with heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorms likely into the afternoon.<\/p>\n
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What we know:<\/p>\n
New York City is under a Level 2 out of 4 flash flood threat, FOX Weather reports<\/a>. The entire Tri-State Area is under a Level 1 severe weather threat, which means there’s potential for damaging wind gusts.<\/p>\n Rainfall totals will average between three-quarters of an inch to an inch and a half, but it’s possible portions of northeast New Jersey, NYC, the Lower Hudson Valley and southwest Connecticut will see near three inches, according to the National Weather Service.\u00a0<\/p>\n What you can do:<\/p>\n With NYC under a flood watch Monday, city officials are asking residents to be prepared, especially those in flood-prone areas, including basement apartments.\u00a0<\/p>\n “During periods of heavy rain, move to higher ground,” NYC Emergency Management posted on social media. “If in a basement, move to a higher floor. If you must travel, use caution.”<\/p>\n NYC weather this week <\/p>\n What’s next:<\/p>\n After Monday’s flooding threat passes, a high pressure system will move into the area and make for a nicer Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n But, it won’t last for long, with a threat of pop-up showers Wednesday through Friday.<\/p>\n The Source: The article includes information from the National Weather Service, FOX Weather and FOX 5 New York meteorologists.\u00a0<\/p>\n Weather<\/a>New York City<\/a>New Jersey<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York – Flash flood warnings are in effect across the New York City area on Monday as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,12,2223,56,63,618,133],"class_list":["post-312415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-news","tag-nj","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-us","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/northeast-rain-qpf-2.png\")
NYCEM urges residents to stay prepared <\/p>\n