NEW YORK (WCBS 880) — The remnants of Hurricane Ida are expected to hit the Tri-State area this week and could bring significant flooding and up to a foot of rain to some areas.
Flash flood watches have been issued through 2 p.m. on Thursday for all five boroughs, parts of Long Island and several upstate counties, including Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Ulster, Dutchess, Sullivan and Westchester.
Watches are also in effect for Hudson, Bergen, Essex and Union counties in New Jersey and in Fairfield County in Connecticut.
According to AccuWeather, Ida is expected to bring a “tremendous amount of rain” to the mid-Atlantic and New England regions, bringing the potential for “life-threatening and damaging flooding.”
While the system had weakened to a tropical storm over Mississippi early Monday, it will likely still hit the Tri-State area as a tropical rainstorm in the middle of the week.
Even after Ida moves off the Atlantic coast late Thursday evening, AccuWeather forecasters warn residents could still see lingering effects for some days afterwards.
“There is going to be some interaction with Ida and an approaching dip in the jet stream in the northeastern United States,” said AccuWeather chief on-air meteorologist Bernie Rayno, who added that the combination could cause the air pressure at the center of Ida to drop, leading to even heavier rainfall.
The storm system is expected to hit just two weeks after Tropical Storm Henri dumped more than 10 inches of rain on parts of New York City, bringing Central Park its rainiest single hour in recorded history.
It’s also set to hit as this summer has already become Central Park’s second wettest on record.
Residents living along unprotected areas of streams and rivers are encouraged to keep a watchful eye and keep up to date with advisories as they are issued.
Weather conditions in the Tri-State are not expected to improve until Friday.