{"id":587559,"date":"2021-07-09T19:35:56","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T23:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=587559"},"modified":"2021-07-09T19:36:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T23:36:09","slug":"new-england-areas-under-flood-watches-as-tropical-storm-elsa-continues-moving-northeast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-england-areas-under-flood-watches-as-tropical-storm-elsa-continues-moving-northeast\/","title":{"rendered":"New England areas under flood watches as Tropical Storm Elsa continues moving northeast"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-england-areas-under-flood-watches-as-tropical-storm-elsa-continues-moving-northeast%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=587559&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2448939\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2448939\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken Tuesday, July 6, 2021, at 5:50 p.m. EDT, and provided by NOAA, shows Tropical Storm Elsa in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida. (NOAA via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 4:18 PM PT \u2013 Friday, July 9, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Millions of Americans have been under flood and storm watches as Tropical Storm Elsa moved up the northeast.&nbsp;Around 40 million people from New Jersey to Maine remained under flood watches as the storm has been reported to move northeast at around 25 miles per hour with maximum sustained winds of around 50 miles per hour.<\/p>\n<p>Reports on Friday afternoon mentioned Elsa had moved over to Rhode Island with states in the New England area affected by the worst of the rain. However, states like New York and New Jersey were still taking a beating even after the main storm had moved on.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here are the 11am (7\/9) key messages on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Elsa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Elsa<\/a>.  Heavy rain will continue across portions of New England today. Information specific to your area can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SiZo8ohZMN\">https:\/\/t.co\/SiZo8ohZMN<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LRpAyPASLM\">pic.twitter.com\/LRpAyPASLM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHC_Atlantic\/status\/1413516604604780547?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had a lot of rain. We\u2019ve had a lot of wind over the past few days, so the ground is quite saturated,\u201d Nassau County Executive Laura Curran explained. \u201cAreas on the south shore especially that are prone to flooding because the ground is saturated, we are looking out for more flooding happening there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New York city saw flooding not only in the streets, but in the subways as well. Officials warned it would continue to flow through the cracks, vents and stairwells into the subway stations.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2451778\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2451778\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2451778 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1327797331-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A car drives through slight flooding on Furman Street in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn on July 09, 2021 in New York City. NYC is under a flash flood warning due to heavy rain brought by Tropical Storm Elsa. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2451778\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A car drives through slight flooding on Furman Street in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Reports early Friday put Elsa just a few miles off Atlantic city, New Jersey, which&nbsp; brought heavy rains, strong gusts and even tornado threats. Experts from the National Weather Service announced they were headed to southern New Jersey to determine if a tornado touched down in the area during the overnight hours.<\/p>\n<p>Damage included uprooted trees and a flattened recreational area. Officials warned while the storm was moving quickly, it shouldn\u2019t be taken lightly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease be safe. Particularly if you\u2019re on the coast, take this warning seriously,\u201d Gov. Phil Murphy (D-N.J.) asserted. \u201cCharge your stuff up, stay safe, and again, if you lose your power, jump at the opportunity to report that and don\u2019t go near any downed lines.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re closely monitoring Tropical Storm Elsa as it moves across New Jersey. Stay safe:<br \/>\ud83d\udd26Report outages<br \/>\u26a0\ufe0fBeware of and report downed power lines<br \/>\ud83d\udd0cCharge your devices<br \/>\ud83d\udeabAvoid unnecessary travel<br \/>\ud83d\ude99Turn around, don\u2019t drown<br \/>\ud83e\udd33Stay updated: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReadyNJ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ReadyNJ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZkS4Re6UKt\">pic.twitter.com\/ZkS4Re6UKt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovMurphy\/status\/1413273403616894980?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Reports say tens of thousands of people from Delaware to Massachusetts have gone without power. Elsa has already been blamed for one death after severe winds in Jacksonville, Florida brought a tree down on two cars. In South Carolina, a coast guard air station rescued a family who had become stranded on an island after their boat drifted off a beach.<\/p>\n<p>Elsa is ultimately expected to move into the Atlantic off Canada by Friday evening.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/gen-flynn-endorses-vernon-jones-for-ga-governor\/\">Gen. Flynn Endorses Vernon Jones For Ga. Governor<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken Tuesday, July 6, 2021, at 5:50 p.m. EDT, and provided by NOAA, shows Tropical Storm Elsa in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2314394,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1327797331-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"New England areas under flood watches as Tropical Storm Elsa continues moving northeast","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-587559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1327797331-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"New England areas under flood watches as Tropical Storm Elsa continues moving northeast","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}