Drenching rain leads to severe flooding in the Northeast

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A powerful storm system that struck West Virginia with flooding throughout the day on April 11 led to a flash flood emergency near Pittsburgh in the evening.

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00:00 We are dealing with more heavy rainfall just surging its way on northward.

00:04 So this is probably what's capturing your eye. Plenty of wet weather from Charleston,

00:08 South West Virginia right into western Pennsylvania including that area of Pittsburgh.

00:13 And we're still seeing more of that rain stream right overhead. Some thunderstorms

00:17 embedded within the heaviest rainfall. You can see there are not only a lot of flash flood

00:21 warnings at this point in time but there is also this flash flood emergency which lasts until

00:27 midnight there just west of Pittsburgh. So we are dealing with that. There's already a lot of

00:33 reports ongoing around the city of flooding going on. So there's Pittsburgh and you can just see

00:39 Interstate 376 there at the split with the business. 376 is flooded so everything closed

00:44 on that area. And not too far away from this area by the way is the Pittsburgh International Airport.

00:50 So for those trying to travel out there tonight you're going to encounter water on roadways where

00:54 you would not expect it. And that is something that you need to use some extra caution for. We

00:58 do have a flooding watch box in place here for much of this region. And we also have some more

01:04 flooding concerns into New Hampshire and Maine where we'll get more rain on top of snow. Just

01:09 keep in mind that that flash flood emergency is a whole different level there. And it's used for

01:13 where we either already have extreme flooding ongoing that is life-threatening or it will be

01:18 coming shortly. And we do have it ongoing because people are stuck in homes unfortunately, stuck in

01:23 businesses and they just can't go anywhere at this point in time. We talk about water and water rises

01:29 pretty quickly. It only takes a couple of inches to sweep you off your feet. Of course six inches

01:33 can also carry away certain cars and vehicles. And then 12 inches well it can actually make your

01:38 car float. So it really quickly you can encounter some of that dangerous weather.

01:43 Rain moving over the northeast and New England as we head through tonight. Thursday night will be a

01:48 pretty wet one for many. And then the heaviest rain will start to move out Friday morning from

01:53 places like Boston, Providence and it moves through Maine as we go throughout the later

01:57 morning midday time frame. Your Friday does look to be a little wet in Buffalo. At least some

02:02 showers lingering. There's going to be more rain wrapping around in Columbus. Even a few

02:05 thunderstorms possible in Charleston. And keep in mind with this whole storm system there's a lot of

02:10 wind too. So that can add to power outages. If you have really soggy ground you put some wind in it

02:15 and all of a sudden those trees just cannot withstand this setup. Rainfall continues tonight.

02:20 You can see a lot of that heavy rain starting to lift northward. So tomorrow afternoon we do get

02:24 some breaks here as that heavier rain starts to, some showers I should say, work their way back

02:29 into western Pennsylvania and New York.

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