While the mid - Atlantic region was hit heavily over the weekend , rainfall continued on Monday in New York and part of southern New England .
1.Over the weekend, prolonged rainfall impacted much of the greater East Coast, from the Carolinas to southern parts ofNew England.
2.According toNBC News, Ophelia first originated as “potential tropical cyclone sixteen” before upgrading to a tropical storm on Friday. The tropical storm was then downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone on Saturday as it moved up the coast, per theNew York Times.
While Ophelia is no longer a tropic system , its airfoil dispirited will linger over the Mid - Atlantic region today and cause potentially heavy rain to its north . A Slight Risk of excessive rain is in office from the northern Mid - Atlantic into southerly part of NY / New England.pic.twitter.com/O4321C9twS
3.Opheliamade landfall near Emerald Isle, North Carolina, a barrier island about 80 miles northeast of Wilmington.
4.It initially drenched parts of North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland.
5.States of emergency were issued in all three states on Friday, with heavy rainfall continuing over the weekend.
6.In Annapolis, Maryland on Saturday, waves crashed against Einhardt-Russell Street-End Park in the city’s Eastport neighborhood.
7.Still, the rain and wind didn’t stop people from going about their days, including visitors to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC on Saturday.
8.Meanwhile, others simply stood by the water, as this person did at Sandy Point Beach in Maryland on Saturday.
9.Some surfers took to the choppy seas in Wilmington, North Carolina on Saturday.
10.As for the ducks in Washington, DC’s Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, they seemed to embrace the rain.
11.The impact of the storm system extended north, with rainy conditions engulfing parts ofPennsylvania,New Jersey, New York, and beyond and continuing on Monday.
12.This included people braving the elements to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge on Monday.
13.According to theWeather Prediction Center,some of the highest rainfall totals as of 10:00 a.m. ET on Sunday were recorded in North Carolina. The town of Jacksonville received about 8.82 inches of rain, while Cape Carteret also received about 8.11 inches.
14.According to theWashington Post,as Ophelia dies down, there are three storms to keep an eye on off the eastern seaboard — including tropical storm Philippe, which waslocated near the US Virgin Islands as of Monday morning.
