Eastbound traffic on the Long Island Expressway at Exit 49...

Eastbound traffic on the Long Island Expressway at Exit 49 in Melville as a heavy rain falls around 4:00 p.m. Thursday. Credit: Newsday/John Paraskevas

Accuweather radar showing rates of two- to three inches of rain per hour in Suffolk, with heaviest downpours east of Islip.

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