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NewsDay.com has released the following warning from the National Weather Service:
“With more salvos of rain on the way, Long Island is on a flash flood watch for the next 24 hours, the National Weather Service warned Wednesday night.
Recent heavy downfalls have saturated the ground, making overflows more likely in low-lying areas and streams.
The flood alert, issued by the agency’s Upton offices, warned of “torrential rainfall,” possibly reaching four inches in some spots. Most areas will probably get just an inch or two.
A second weather alert Wednesday evening warned of thunderstorms that could produce “damaging wind gusts and large hail.”
Numerous heavy showers and thunderstorms could begin at midnight with the potential for flash flooding.
The day’s weather service map for the country shows that Long Island is part of the most flash flood-prone area of the U.S. as of Wednesday. The danger zone extends north through New York State to lower New England.”
The Mahwah River in Suffern has caused area residents more than its fair share of headaches in the past decades with continuous flooding.
