NYC area lashed by rain, wind, NJ floods as storm hits Northeast

The New York City area was lashed with rain and wind and parts of New Jersey saw heavy flooding after . The overnight portion of the storm caused power outages, flooded streets and downed trees in the tri state area. Central Park and JFK both , according to data from the National Weather Service. in coastal areas of the Bronx, Queens and Staten Island, too.

All five boroughs, Westchester County and Bergen County recorded winds in excess of 50 mph. A number of rivers in New Jersey are flooding or coming close to flooding, including the Saddle, Millstone, Lamington, Ramapo, Pompton, Pascack and Hackensack rivers. The Passaic River is expected to flood later Wednesday.

Most rivers in the area are , according to the National Weather Service. Eleven people were near the Rockaway River in Morris County, according to NJ.com. The flooding in New Jersey will likely remain an issue as another storm brings heavy rain and winds on Friday into Saturday. A coastal flood warning is still in place in the Garden State.

The flooding closed several major roadways in the state, including Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights, Route 23 in Kinnelon, the New Jersey Turnpike in Newark and Route 206 in Mount Olive. In New York, at the time of publishing. More than 140,000 are experiencing outages in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, too.

In total, about 600,000 along the Eastern Seaboard lost power in the storm. The storm also in the early hours of Wednesday, according to Flightaware. More than 1,300 flights in or out of the U.S. were canceled the day prior. The same storm system brought tornadoes to the Southeast. Twelve were reported across Florida, Alabama and Georgia.

The storms also led to : two in Alabama, one in Georgia and one in North Carolina..