Nor’easter brings final day of rain as region assess flood and beach damage

Name: Queens, New York, transformed by heavy rain and flooding amid Nor'easter
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Description: Roads throughout Queens, New York, have been inundated by heavy flooding as the intense Nor'easter has fueled heavy rain and coastal flooding throughout the Northeast.

A lingering nor'easter will deliver a final round of rain along much of the Northeast after blasting the coast with 60 mph wind gusts over the weekend, toppling trees and power lines, as well as bringing significant flooding to some coastal communities. FOX Weather Meteorologist Britta Merwin has an update on the conditions in Manasquan, New Jersey.

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Nor'easter to bring final day of rain for millions as communities assess flood and beach damage

A lingering nor'easter will deliver a final round of rain along much of the Northeast after blasting the coast with 60 mph wind gusts over the weekend, toppling trees and power lines, as well as bringing significant flooding to some coastal communities. FOX Weather Meteorologist Britta Merwin has an update on the conditions in Manasquan, New Jersey.

THE TAKEAWAY

A 56-year-old man was killed by a falling tree in Brooklyn, New York, as strong winds slammed New York City Saturday.
Millions from North Carolina's Outer Banks to New England saw intense wind gusts, severe beach erosion and high tide flooding along the coast.
By Tuesday, what's left of the storm will spread light rain into northern New England while the Mid-Atlantic and New York Tri-State Area dry out.

A lingering nor'easter will deliver a final round of rain to most of the Northeast after the monster storm blasted the coast with 60 mph wind gusts over the weekend, toppling trees and power lines, as well as bringing significant flooding to some coastal communities.

Millions from North Carolina's Outer Banks to New England saw intense wind gusts, severe beach erosion and high tide flooding along the coast as the storm meandered just off New Jersey before moving onshore Saturday.

The nor'easter has weakened significantly, but has moved back over open waters between New Jersey and New York's Long Island and will bring swaths of rain across the region and into northern New England through the day.

More than 150,000 customers were without power over the weekend, particularly concentrated along parts of Long Island and the New Jersey coast, which bore the brunt of the storm.

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A 56-year-old man was killed by a falling tree in Brooklyn, New York, as strong winds slammed New York City Saturday.

The storm tracked much closer to the coast than computer models initially forecast early last week, bringing much more significant impacts, particularly to New Jersey.

MORE RAIN ON THE WAY ☔️: Homes and cars are still submerged, with even more rain to come along the Jersey Shore as the Garden State prepares for a direct hit from the ongoing nor'easter. FOX Weather Correspondent @thekatiebyrne is in Ocean City, New Jersey, with the latest.… pic.twitter.com/JCzFXmB3y4
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Communities along the southern Jersey shore dealt with significant coastal flooding. FOX Weather Correspondent Katie Byrne reported that high-water trucks in Ocean City had to rescue people stranded in their cars. Video from Byrne showed homeowners trapped in their houses by floodwaters.

Other barrier islands, like Long Beach Island, also saw significant street flooding, with water cutting the municipality off from the mainland at one point Saturday. Roads were flooded and became impassable across the shore.

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Significant backbay flooding was reported in Manasquan, with water reaching more than 7 feet Saturday night.

FLOOD DUTY ‼️: Firefighters are seen braving the intense flood waters across parts of New Jersey as the deadly nor’easter continues to slam the Northeast. A Level 2 out 4 flood risk has been issued across the Garden State.#flood #newjersey #rain #noreaster pic.twitter.com/w0fvGKP3pk
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Water rose more than 3 feet above normal high tide in Atlantic City, the most since the 4.16 feet of coastal flooding recorded during Superstorm Sandy in 2012.

Video showed water going into homes in Avalon.

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Farther north, low-lying communities like Edgewater also saw significant flooding.

Roads throughout Queens, New York, have been inundated by heavy flooding as the intense Nor'easter has fueled heavy rain and coastal flooding throughout the Northeast.

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Queens, New York, transformed by heavy rain and flooding amid Nor'easter

Roads throughout Queens, New York, have been inundated by heavy flooding as the intense Nor'easter has fueled heavy rain and coastal flooding throughout the Northeast.

Flood-prone parts of northern and southern Queens in New York City were also inundated. Social media video showed people kayaking down the streets in Howard Beach.

The city's Office of Emergency Management said they received more than 1,000 reports of downed trees across the five boroughs.

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 26: People look out the window of the 102nd-floor observation deck of the Empire State Building as a nor'easter passes over lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center on September 26, 2026, in New York City.

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Widespread street flooding was seen across Long Island, including in Lindenhurst and Freeport.

FOX News Correspondent Caroline Elliott reported neighborhoods in Babylon were still dealing with several feet of flooding late Sunday, as the ocean overtopped beach dunes, according to local police.

MANSFIELD, CONNECTICUT - SEPTEMBER 27: Power lines and tree branches cover a sidewalk in Mansfield, Connecticut, during the weekend's nor'easter.

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Moderate coastal flooding has been observed along coasts from the Virginia Tidewater to the Connecticut coast.

FOX Weather has documented significant beach erosion on the North Carolina Outer Banks, New Jersey shore and Long Island over the weekend, as officials get set to conduct a full beach damage assessment this week.

Winds topped 40 mph across 8 states, with gusts between 60 and 74 mph recorded from Delaware to Massachusetts.

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Parts of southern New England saw the heaviest rain totals from this storm, including eastern Massachusetts, much of which recorded more than 6 inches of rain.

Satellite imagery of nor'easter as it developed on Friday, Sep. 25, 2026.

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There were slick driving conditions across parts of the Interstate 95, 93 and 90 corridors Sunday.

"The system will continue to produce light rain across the Northeast, but the winds will be much weaker than they were over the weekend," the FOX Forecast Center said.

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Coastal flooding is expected to recede after the last high-tide cycle on Monday.

"On Tuesday, what's left of the storm will spread light rain into northern New England while the Mid-Atlantic and Tri-State Area dry out," the Forecast Center said.