Hurricane Ian has mostly moved out to sea after cutting a deadly path across Cuba, Florida and parts of South Carolina earlier this week, but heavy rain from the remnants of the storm will proceed swamping the Recent York City metro area.
Downpours and flooding are forecast for the Mid-Atlantic region and up the Northeast coast to Cape Cod as one among Ian’s arms continues into the Atlantic.
Now downgraded to a post-tropical storm with maximum 35-mile an hour winds, the remnants of a second arm of Ian were moving north through North Carolina on Saturday, and were forecast to weaken further before dissipating over south-central Virginia by nightfall, in line with the National Weather Service.
Heavy rains began within the early morning hours and were expected to proceed within the Recent York City area through the weekend and into Monday.
“Because the remnants of Ian slide through the Northeast, we’re a soggy weekend within the Recent York City area,” said Mike Rawlins, senior executive producer at Fox Weather. “With temperatures within the 50s, it’s going to be one among those weekends to cozy up indoors. The rain can be on and off through Sunday with some places picking up as much as two inches.”
The death toll from the hurricane, one among the strongest in US history, climbed to not less than 30 in Florida and South Carolina, and left flooding and vast swaths of devastation in its wake.
In among the hardest hit areas in Florida, including Fort Myers, Sanibel Island and Port Charlotte, there was still localized flooding Saturday morning, in line with reports from a Post correspondent.
An estimated 1.3 million were still without power in Florida Saturday, and about 51,000 in South Carolina were at the hours of darkness.
Small protests broke out across Cuba Friday night, as residents demanded the federal government restore electricity to the island where hundreds of thousands were left without power earlier this week.
The storm’s heavy rains continued across the central Appalachians and mid-Atlantic region, with Ian “forecast to dissipate over south-central Virginia by tonight,” in line with the National Hurricane Center.
Recent York City Mayor Eric Adams said in a tweet Saturday that town’s Emergency Management was sending out one other team “to help Florida with Hurricane Ian recovery” Saturday.
