Flooding rampant in parts of New York and New Jersey
March 15, 2010
Severe storms have been battering the east coast of the United States for the past two months. Following two record snow storms earlier this year, the east coast has now been soaked with up to six inches worth of rain in some parts. The latest sever weather has taken its toll on communities up and down the Atlantic coast, causing sever flooding in many communities. The large rain storm began on Friday of last week and is likely to last at least another forty eight hours. The heavy rainfall has been assisted by wind gusts up to sixty miles per hour in some areas, quickly causing large amounts of property damages for many homeowners and businesses in the area.
Major airports such as JFK in New York have been cancelling and delaying flights for the past 48 hours as weary travelers are struggling to get out of the rain soaked area. It was estimated that during the severe weather storm that over half a million homes lost power, adding to the recipe for disaster to begin. Many homeowners rely on electricity to keep their sump pumps going and basements dry. With such a large amount of rain arriving in a short period of time, one thing is for certain, early next week insurance companies are going to be receiving calls from many customers inquiring about their options from drying out from this recent flood.
Communities as far north as Boston were under flood watch advisory following this weekends storm. Most meteorologist concur that the worst of the storm has passed, but rain is still in the forcast until late Monday evening. Cleaning and repairing from the flooding could take weeks as many local roads were completely under water, delaying the possibility for work crews to begin extracting water and addressing property repairs. Homeowners are cautioned to keep an eye out for down electrical lines and be certain to avoid mixing water and electricity.
