{"id":17,"date":"2026-07-21T05:58:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T05:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infallible-grothendieck.138-91-19-96.plesk.page\/?p=17"},"modified":"2026-07-21T05:58:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T05:58:34","slug":"northeast-braces-for-flash-flooding-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=17","title":{"rendered":"Northeast braces for flash flooding threat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/infallible-grothendieck.138-91-19-96.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1.png 630w, https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1-440x247.png 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Storm clouds pass through midtown Manhattan in New York City, July 18, 2026. (Gary Hershorn\/ABC News)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(NEW YORK) &#8212; The Northeast and Mid-Atlantic are bracing for a new round of severe storms and possible flash flooding on Tuesday after getting hammered by heavy rain on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The greatest threat &#8212; a level 3 out of 5 risk &#8212; will span from northeastern Kentucky to New Jersey, including Pittsburgh, Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Philadelphia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Numerous severe thunderstorms with potentially destructive winds and tornadoes are possible in this region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flash flooding will be a concern for a large swath of the Interstate 95 corridor, from D.C. to Philadelphia to New York City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flood watches have been issued for Tuesday, from Delaware to southern New York, where rainfall rates could exceed 1 inch per hour, potentially triggering flash flooding, especially in urban areas. This includes Philadelphia and New York City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is growing concern for slow-moving thunderstorms bringing torrential rain in some areas on Tuesday, possibly unfolding by the late morning or early afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The storms are expected to last throughout the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Storm clouds pass through midtown Manhattan in New York City, July 18, 2026. (Gary Hershorn\/ABC News) (NEW YORK) &#8212; The Northeast and Mid-Atlantic are bracing for a new round of severe storms and possible flash flooding on Tuesday after getting hammered by heavy rain on Saturday. The greatest threat &#8212; a level 3 out of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions\/19"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}