Cities In Eastern US At Risk Over Severe Rainfalls, Meteorologists Say

Some cities in the eastern portion of the United States are likely to experience severe thunderstorms, meteorologists have warned.

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A report on AccuWeather said the forecasted sever weather could negatively affect the travel and outdoor plans of residents and tourists in eastern US.

The areas that could be adversely affected of thunderstorms include Pittsburgh; Cleveland; Cincinnati; Baltimore; Washington, D.C.; Charleston, West Virginia; Knoxville, Tennessee; Huntsville, Alabama; as well as the northern suburbs of Atlanta.

Meteorologist La Troy Thornton said that a robust southwesterly winds could transport abundant moisture over the Eastern Seaboard.

This is also forecasted to result in a washout over some interior sections of the Northeast because thunderstorms are expected to produce torrential downpours.

Thornton advised motorists and tourists who plan to travel along the roads of interstates 40, 64, 70, 75, 80 and 81 to be prepared and patient as they are seen to encounter slower time of travel, most especially during times of heavy downpours.

He said torrential rains could reduce visibility, adding that it might also create a heightened risk of hydroplaning.

Furthermore, Thornton said that some tree branches and limbs that fell due to heavy rains could also block the secondary roads.

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Flashfloods also forecasted

Meanwhile, weather experts also warned that flashfloods might hit the area of New England because rains and thunderstorms would traverse through the region in the early part of the week.

Meteorologists also said that the areas, which have not been recently struck by heavy rains, are likely to encounter localized floods, especially during times when thunderstorms repeat in the same location.

Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski explained that the weather pattern next week would include frequent showers and thunderstorms across much of the East, in an every other day basis.

"Even though it may not rain as much or as often as it did in July, conditions may again pose daily challenges for outdoor plans and travel," Sosnowski said in the AccuWeather report.

The developments in the weather situation could result in the rains returning as early as Sunday afternoon in some areas including the eastern Ohio, West Virginia, western and central Pennsylvania and Atlanta.

Life-threatening in the South

Residents in the South, including areas in Kentucky and Tennessee, had faced the worst floods that prompted forced evacuations, a CNN report said.

Due to the risky situation, authorities already raised multiple flash flood emergencies last Friday.

These warnings are signals wherein the flood situation is really life-threatening for the public, and these are considered as the highest level of warning that the National Weather Service can issue during times of floods.

Following an issuance of a flash flood emergency, a forced evacuation was implemented among residents living in Fulton County, Kentucky.

There have also been a number of road sections that were reported to be flooded in the said county after 11 inches of rain had hit near Hickman, Kentucky.

A separate US News report disclosed that several inches of rain also affected the level of water along the Mississippi River, which later brought flash floods.

The areas of Gibson, Weakley, Crockett and Greene counties were also affected.

Meanwhile, heavy downpours also submerged northern Alabama as well as the city of Oneonta last Friday.

Authorities disclosed that many of the roads situated in Oneonta were covered with waters, noting that several roadways have been "dangerously flooded."

Experts observed that the rainfall and floods had transpired due to the training storms, or those that happen when multiple storms move

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