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Significant nor’easter will lash the East Coast this weekend with rain, wind and coastal flooding
- An intensifying weather system is expected to move along the East Coast this weekend, delivering wet and windy conditions as well as hazardous surf and shoreline erosion from Florida up through New England.
- Forecasters attribute this threat to a significant nor'easter developing off the Carolina coast Saturday night, expected to intensify as it tracks northward.
- The National Weather Service cautions that from Sunday through Monday, the area could face significant coastal flooding, powerful northeast winds, and extremely hazardous conditions for marine activities.
- Coastal regions could experience 2 to 4 inches of rain, wind gusts topping 50 mph, and much of the area may see at least 1 to 2 inches or more of precipitation, according to a Thursday morning advisory.
- Officials caution that forecast details remain uncertain, but residents should prepare for potential flash flooding, power outages, travel disruptions and hazardous ocean conditions through early next week.
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Nor’easter without a name to bring ocean flooding and high winds to US East Coast
By JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press A storm without a name was expected to bring flooding to the East Coast from South Carolina to New Jersey and high winds to New York City over the holiday weekend. While the storm affecting the eastern U.S. wasn’t tropical, two other tropical storms were churning in the Atlantic Ocean on Friday, including Tropical Storm Jerry that dumped heavy rain on the northern Leeward Islands. There were rescues and one p…
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