Long Island storm losing steam but flooding remains a concern
The worst of the second of two storms that have saturated Long Island since Saturday night should be over before Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
"The heavy rain has moved out of the area," meteorologist James Tomasini told Newsday late Monday afternoon. "We’re seeing mainly just minor flooding reports now for those areas."
There is a 30% chance of rain through 11 a.m. Tuesday before the sun begins breaking through the clouds, according to the weather service.
Long Islanders should still watch for flooding Monday night as a storm that forecasters predicted would dump up to four inches of rain across Long Island, slowly heads east. But even so, by late Monday afternoon, the weather service had said the heavy downpours that had triggered earlier flash flood warnings were finished.
Meanwhile, PSEG Long Island reported more than 3,000 customers remained without of power as of 6 p.m. Monday.
The utility said in a statement that power had been restored to more than 34,800 customers affected by the storms.
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