A few days after the hurricane’s passage, heavy rains can be observed hundreds of kilometers from the hurricane’s passage.
The image is very spectacular. In recent hours, New York City has been on the brink of flooding and a state of emergency has been declared by the local government. Local authorities are urging residents not to leave their homes. The economic capitals of the United States, particularly the autonomous regions of Brooklyn and Queens, have been severely affected by the blockage of several roads and subways.
According to Pauline Simonet, correspondent for BFMTV across the Atlantic, “it rained intermittently in Central Park in three hours, eight centimeters”. According to her, the situation was “not unexpected” as “tornado and flood warnings” were issued during the day and many schools were closed in the eastern United States.
The hardest part may not have come yet
In fact, these floods are closely linked to the development of Hurricane Ida, which recently had a devastating impact on Louisiana. BFMTV weather consultant Christoph Person confirmed that “after a hurricane there will be a tropical cyclone or a tropical cyclone, but not with heavy rainfall,” saturating the city’s drainage system.
“Tropical Cyclones Ida can cause widespread heavy rainfall and flash floods, which can pose a fatal risk along and near its path,” confirmed the National Hurricane Center.
Impressively, Staten Island lost 350 millimeters in a matter of hours. This corresponds to three months of localized precipitation and seven months of precipitation in Paris.
“The hurricane arrived quickly and circulated slowly”, continues Christoph Person, who believes that “the hardest part has not yet come”.
In its satellite animation, you can see very ominous clouds over New York. The rainfall is estimated to be “heavy, and in the worst case, there may be a risk of tornadoes”.
These phenomena have already been observed in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland, where a 19-year-old young man has died and another is missing.
In the medium and short term, memories of Hurricane Ida could move to other continents. “They can cross the Atlantic to Northern Europe and touch England and Iceland,” he concludes.
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