The remnants of Hurricane Katia will impact Britain as a strong low pressure system on Sunday night, sweeping severe gales across parts of the UK, forecasters say.
A Broome County state of emergency still remains in effect and all university classes have been canceled for Friday.
Persistent heavy rains from the aftermath of Tropical Storm Lee has left 25,000 customers in New York without power, according to information release from the governor's office.
Hurricane Katia will impact northwest Europe as a extratropical storm Sunday to Tuesday, forecasters say, with gales and heavy rain spreding from Ireland and Scotland starting late Sunday through Tuesday.
Central and eastern Pennsylvania are being hit hard by the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee, with the Delaware River expected to crest at a level not seen since Hurricane Ivan in 2004. More than 100,000 residents are evacuating.
More heavy rainfall of up to two inches per hour is falling on parts of Maryland as the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee continue across the northeast of the United States. The National Weather Service on Thursday said a flash flood warning still remains in effect until 4 p.m. for Montgomery County, Md., as the heavy rainfall is being felt from Gaithersburg to the American Legion Bridge, which will cause even more flooding.
Widespread flooding resulting from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee is being blamed for three deaths in Pennsylvania, where thousands were ordered to evacuate, as flash flood warnings have been issued from Maryland to New York early on Thursday.
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Two tropical storms, one hurricane going through Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico.
As Hurricane Katia's path moves away from the U.S.,Tropical Storm Maria is cranking up with good odds of becoming a hurricane and eventually striking the U.S., forecasters say. Already, the storm's short-term forecast path takes Maria much father south than Katia, meaning an eventual northern turn lands close to or on the U.S. East Coast.
Tropical Storm Maria developed in the central Atlantic on Wednesday as Hurricane Katia churned up the sea along the East Coast.
Tropical Storm Maria has formed in the Atlantic, becoming the 13th named system of the 2011 season. The storm isn't likely to increase to explosive strength, but it could possibly threaten the U.S. East Coast, forecasters say.
The U.S. has likely escaped Hurricane Katia's path but in this busy Atlantic Hurricane Season 2011 current models show the East Coast is at much higher risk from at least two more developing systems through mid-September.The next two names on the list of tropical cyclones are Maria and Nate, and each is potentially developing already and models show each has a shot at impacting the U.S.
After strengthening into a major Category 4 storm on Monday, Hurricane Katia has since downgraded a level on Tuesday as it moves northwest of the Caribbean. While there isn't any immediate threat to land, dangerous rip currents still remain the main hazard along the U.S. East Coast and Bermuda, forecasters say.
While forecasters suggest that the path of Hurricane Katia 2011 may only graze the U.S. East Coast, one weather scenario suggests a more severe impact. A Category 3 storm with winds of 125 miles per hour, Katia is moving steadily northwest in the Atlantic at 10 miles per hour, still far from land and not posing an immediate threat.
Hurricane Katia on Monday night strengthened into a major Category 4 storm, the second highest level as it moved over the Atlantic Ocean, the National Hurricane Center said.
Katia strengthened to a Category 4 hurricane Monday night but is unlikely to hit the U.S. East Coast, the National Hurricane Center said.
Hurricane Katia 2011 is growing stronger, and while the storm's path still leaves unaswered questions some along the U.S. East Coast from Florida to the Carolinas could feel its impact before it's all over with late next week.
Hurricane Katia is a Category 2 storm with winds of 105 miles per hour, and further strengthening is expected in the next two days, but models show Katia's path may take it out to sea without a direct strike on the U.S. East Coast.
New Jersey is not usually the face of natural disasters. But it became just that on Sunday, when President Obama visited the state to survey the damage caused by Hurricane Irene.
Hurricane Katia strengthened rapidly on Sunday, becoming a Category 2 storm, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said, and forecasters expect it will be a Category 3 storm by Monday.Also, the likelihood that Katia's path will reach the U.S. East Coast is increasing in odds as the storm moves further west.
Hurricane Katia strengthened rapidly on Sunday, becoming a Category 2 storm, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Katia had sustained winds of 100 miles per hour, and forecasters said Katia could become a major hurricane on Monday. The exact future track of Katia remains uncertain but models show the U.S. East Coast, and even New York, could bear the brunt of the storm before it's over.
