As residents living along the United States East Coast, Middle Atlantic and New England states recover from record flooding caused by Hurricane Irene, according to the Associated Press, two more flood-making storms are headed their way, forecasters say.
Slow-moving Tropical Storm Lee began assaulting the New Orleans area on Saturday in what could be weeklong deluge of rain of nearly 20 inches in some areas, according to AccuWeather.com meteorologist Matt Alto. That’s because Lee could take several days to clear the New Orleans area, dropping drenching rains in the process.
However, Tropical Storm Lee won’t be done just yet after his assault on New Orleans, according to the National Hurricane Center. Lee will continue its slow migration along a stalled out cold front. Lee will ride the front to the Northeast spreading heavy, tropical rains across the Ohio River Valley. By Thursday, Lee will be positioned along the Ohio and West Virginia borders. He’ll reach the North East and New England States by Friday or Saturday.
In a worse-case scenario, flooding conditions could reoccur across the North East, according to AccuWeather meteorologist Bill Deger.
But that’s just part of the story.
Hurricane Katya has eyes on the same bit of global real estate, the National Hurricane Center says. Hurricane Katya is forecast to be become a major hurricane before weakening slightly as she approaches the East Coast. Katya will become a Category 2 storm positioned off the South Carolina coast on Thursday. Katya’s projected path was forecast to take the storm in the direction of the Virginia and Maryland areas of the coast on Friday.
