East Coast holiday travelers soaked as powerful storms deliver heavy rain and intense wind gusts

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NEW YORK – Millions of radical crossed overmuch of the East Coast are nether High Wind Alerts, arsenic the last limb of a coast-to-coast tempest pounded the full Eastern Seaboard from Maine to Florida aboriginal Friday, threatening to disrupt the engaged holiday travel rush.

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While temperatures were successful the 50s aboriginal Friday, a almighty acold beforehand volition rapidly determination into the Northeast arsenic the tempest strategy departs, sending temperatures plummeting into the teens successful immoderate places by dinnertime.

 A antheral   holding an umbrella battles with almighty  winds and dense  rainfall  during the almighty  nor'easter astatine  the Brighton Beach, successful  Brooklyn, New York, United States connected  October 12, 2025. New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a State of Emergency for 8  counties of the authorities   and canceled the Columbus Day Parade successful  New York City aft  urging New Yorkers to proceed  to hole   arsenic  a beardown  coastal tempest  is acceptable   to interaction   overmuch  of New York opening  Sunday afternoon.

FILE - NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 12: A antheral holding an umbrella battles with almighty winds and dense rainfall during the almighty nor'easter astatine the Brighton Beach, successful Brooklyn, New York, United States connected October 12, 2025. New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a State of Emergency for 8 counties of the authorities and canceled the Columbus Day Parade successful New York City aft urging New Yorkers to proceed to hole arsenic a beardown coastal tempest is acceptable to interaction overmuch of New York opening Sunday afternoon. 

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A burst of rainfall soaked the East Coast aboriginal Friday, with showers forecast to linger into the precocious greeting successful the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast earlier departing.

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There was adjacent capable vigor crossed parts of the Southeast that Severe Thunderstorm Warnings were issued implicit the Charlotte, North Carolina metro country Friday morning.

Expected rainfall and snow
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The rainfall could pb to immoderate isolated flash flooding crossed bluish New England owed to other h2o runoff from snow-covered grounds.

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NOAA's Weather Prediction Center has issued a Level 1 retired of 4 flash flood hazard for an country covering bluish Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine done Friday.

Expected snow.
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The genitor country of debased unit driving the coast-to-coast tempest volition stay good wrong Canada, keeping the coldest aerial and snowfall locked to the north. However, lake-enhanced snowfall showers are expected aboriginal Friday for the lake-effect snow regions disconnected Lakes Erie and Ontario, arsenic good arsenic the interior Northeast.

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Powerful upwind gusts to endanger East Coast vacation travel

Powerful upwind gusts person been the hallmark of this coast-to-coast storm, aft causing hundreds of thousands to suffer powerfulness crossed the Pacific Northwest and Rockies earlier this week.

These beardown upwind gusts volition scope the East Coast Friday and could origin aerial question disruptions crossed immoderate of the country's busiest airports during what is expected to beryllium 1 of the busiest question days of the year.

Exclusive FOX Model Gust Forecast.
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Winds are forecast to summation arsenic Friday progresses. The National Weather Service has issued Wind Alerts crossed the Northeast, arsenic good arsenic crossed the Appalachians into North Carolina.

Wind gusts up to 60 mph are imaginable crossed the New York City metro country done Saturday morning.

This latest tempest bears retired the long-range outlook from NOAA past period that forecast an progressive commencement to meteorological winter, owed successful portion to the La Niña clime pattern.

Friday evening flash frost for Northeast

A acold beforehand volition determination successful rapidly down the departing tempest strategy and temperatures volition statesman to driblet opening Friday afternoon. 

Forecast debased temperatures Saturday.
(FOX Weather)

According to the FOX Forecast Center, the accelerated somesthesia driblet whitethorn origin leftover rainfall to freeze, starring to achromatic crystal and unsafe driving conditions Friday evening and overnight.

Temperatures could scope the teens and 20s by Friday night, with debased temperatures Saturday greeting successful the 20s and 30s crossed the region.

Freezing conditions are expected to depart quickly, opening Saturday afternoon.

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