Multiday flood threat shifts into New England as heavy storms impact millions across the Northeast

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Multiday flood threat shifts into New England as storms soak Northeast

Rounds of heavy rain are ongoing across parts of the Northeast as the bull's-eye of a multiday flood threat begins to shift into New England.

Rounds of heavy rain are ongoing across parts of the Northeast, impacting travel for millions of people, as the bull's-eye of a multiday flood threat begins to shift into New England. Hundreds of flights were canceled Tuesday at airports in New York City, Philadelphia and Boston as a fall-like storm swept into the region.

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A secondary area of low pressure has formed off the coast of New York's Long Island and is sending heavy rain across the Island and into parts of southern New England and Upstate New York.

The New York State Department of Transportation and local police had to close some roads around Albany and the Mid-Hudson Valley due to flooding Wednesday morning.

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Some basements of several homes in Catskill, New York, were inundated early Wednesday.  

Amtrak service was suspended between New York City and Albany through 3 p.m. due to high water and debris on the tracks.

Flash Flood Warnings have been issued through Wednesday for parts of New York's Lower Hudson Valley, including Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess counties, as well as the Capital Region, including Albany.

A Flash Flood Warning was also issued for Fairfield and New Haven counties in Connecticut through early Wednesday morning.

NOAA's Weather Prediction Center (WPC) has issued a Level 3 out of 4 risk of flash flooding for western and southern Massachusetts, southern Vermont, and parts of northern Connecticut.

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A broader Level 2 threat extends south to New York's Westchester County and the Bronx, as well as parts of Long Island and the Connecticut shoreline. It also includes Boston, southern New Hampshire, southeastern Maine, Rhode Island and New York's Capital Region.

The heaviest rain is expected to shift east through Wednesday.

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North Haledon, New Jersey, slammed by heavy rain and hail on July 28, 2026.

Wednesday's storms will also bring strong gusty winds to New England.

"Gusts during the afternoon hours will sit between 30-40 mph from eastern Long Island, through Rhode Island, eastern Massachusetts, and southern Maine," the FOX Forecast Center said.

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Combined, Tuesday and Wednesday's rain totals could surpass 3 to 5 inches.

Tuesday's rain triggered flash flooding in low-lying areas across the New York tri-state region, including in Paterson, New Jersey, where several cars had to be abandoned near an underpass.

Flooding in Paterson, New Jersey, on July 28, 2026.

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Tuesday evening's storms prompted a Tornado Watch for parts of Delaware, Washington, D.C., Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

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Rain is expected to linger through Thursday as the storm system tapers off through the day, with an occasional downpour possible across the Northeast.