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New Yorkers, after days of heavy smoke and torrid temperatures, are met with thunderstorms and flash flooding

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Newest development Jul 21, 2026 · 2 reportsNYC area braces for more severe storms, flash flooding: Here's when the rain will start

(CNN) — Following days of smoky skies and soaring temperatures, the Big Apple and surrounding areas were pummeled Saturday with heavy thunderstorms, downpours and flash floods....

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  1. NYC weather timeline: Severe storms, flash flooding possible Saturday

    Headline from FOX 5 New York ·

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    New Yorkers, after days of heavy smoke and torrid temperatures, are met with thunderstorms and flash flooding

    Headline from WSVN Miami ·

  3. NYC area braces for storms that could unleash flooding, even tornado

    Headline from ABC 7 New York ·

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    NYC area braces for more severe storms, flash flooding: Here's when the rain will start

    Headline from FOX 5 New York ·

5 reports not tied to one development ·

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25 articles, oldest first.

  1. amNewYork

    Severe rain and possible tornado to hit New York City this weekend (opens amNewYork)

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    amNewYork's feed description

    New York City’s weather woes are continuing through the weekend with heavy rain and a possible tornado coming to town. While there is still an Air Quality alert in effect for the Five Boroughs, a series of thunderstorms is expected to move in that will alleviate the smoke in the air.

  2. FOX 5 New York

    Severe thunderstorms, flood watch in store for NYC this weekend: Forecast latest (opens FOX 5 New York)

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    FOX 5 New York's feed description

    The National Weather Service is reporting that New York City is under threat of severe thunderstorms this weekend.

  3. Pix11

    Tornado threat, flooding rains loom for NY, NJ: what to know (opens Pix11)

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    Pix11's feed description

    NEW YORK (PIX11) — Severe weather is brewing for New York City as a storm system brings the threat of a tornado, damaging winds and multiple rounds of flooding downpours on Saturday. The tornado threat comes as the approaching system could contain some wind shear and spin out a twister, according to…

  4. NBC New York

    Live updates: High tornado, flood threat for NYC area as severe storms near (opens NBC New York)

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    NBC New York's feed description

    What to Know The severe weather threat facing the NYC area has intensified. We’re now looking at a high chance of flash flooding and tornadoes, along with the extreme likelihood of damaging wind. Upwards of 3 to 4 inches of rain is possible from Saturday’s storms.

  5. FOX 5 New York

    NYC weather timeline: Severe storms, flash flooding possible Saturday (opens FOX 5 New York)

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    FOX 5 New York's feed description

    Severe thunderstorms and heavy rain could hit the NYC area Saturday, bringing the risk of flash flooding, damaging wind gusts and an isolated tornado. The National Weather Service says multiple rounds of heavy downpours and thunderstorms are expected late Saturday morning into Saturday evening acros…

  6. Gothamist

    NYC can't catch a break: Wild winds, flood watch and a possible tornado Saturday (opens Gothamist)

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    Gothamist's feed description

    People walk through the rain along 5th Avenue in Manhattan during a late-June storm. Smoke from Canadian Wildfires is also still lingering, with Saturday starting with a "hazardous" rating." [ more › ]

  7. Newsweek

    Life-Threatening Flash Flooding Threatens Parts of NYC: What to Know (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    The warning came as the city remained under a broader Flood Watch, with officials prepared for additional rounds of heavy rain.

  8. WSVN Miami

    New Yorkers, after days of heavy smoke and torrid temperatures, are met with thunderstorms and flash flooding (opens WSVN Miami)

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    WSVN Miami's feed description

    (CNN) — Following days of smoky skies and soaring temperatures, the Big Apple and surrounding areas were pummeled Saturday with heavy thunderstorms, downpours and flash floods....

  9. The Guardian

    Flash flood warnings strike north-east US amid wildfire smoke from Canada (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Poor air quality from wildfires continues to plague New York City as neighborhoods hit by thunderstorms Saturday is delivering a double dose of dangerous weather across the north-eastern US, with smoky skies from Canadian wildfires giving way to severe thunderstorms that have already triggered a fla…

  10. The Brunswick News

    New York braces for thunderstorms, possible tornadoes after heat wave (opens The Brunswick News)

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    The Brunswick News's feed description

    NEW YORK — After days of smoky skies and heavy heat, New Yorkers on Saturday were once again bracing for severe weather, which is expected to include intense thunderstorms, isolated tornadoes, and hail. “Thunderstorms are expected to bring damaging winds…

  11. The Brunswick News

    NYC hit with storms, flash floods, braces for gusts, hail, possible tornado (opens The Brunswick News)

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    The Brunswick News's feed description

    NEW YORK — After days of smoky skies and heavy heat, New York on Saturday was hit with “pea-sized hail” and flash flooding that saw numerous drivers swamped and trapped across the boroughs as severe weather hit the city. New…

  12. NBC New York

    More severe storms bring tornado, flash flood threat to NYC area again Tuesday (opens NBC New York)

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    NBC New York's feed description

    More severe weather is expected across the tri-state Tuesday, days after a powerful storm system ravaged the region with flash floods and triggered tornado alerts. Like Saturday, all the threats — flash flooding, isolated tornadoes, damaging wind, and hail — are on the table.

  13. ABC 7 New York

    NYC area braces for storms that could unleash flooding, even tornado (opens ABC 7 New York)

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    ABC 7 New York's feed description

    We may see a repeat of what we experienced on Saturday, when slow-moving thunderstorms moved over the same places over and over again, unleasing flash flooding.

  14. Gothamist

    More storms set for Tuesday in nasty NYC weather forecast (opens Gothamist)

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    Gothamist's feed description

    The city's weather woes will continue Tuesday. New Yorkers are potentially in for more flash flooding, high winds and even perhaps a twister. [ more › ]

  15. NBC New York

    Live updates: NYC tornado, flash flood threat return as severe storms loom again (opens NBC New York)

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    NBC New York's feed description

    What to Know Severe thunderstorms are forecast today. In the morning, storms will be more isolated. From midday through evening, they’re expected to be more potent and damaging. The greatest threats are damaging straight-line wind (gusts 58+ mph) and isolated flash flooding.

  16. Pix11

    Severe weather: When to expect rain and thunderstorms (opens Pix11)

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    Pix11's feed description

    NEW YORK (PIX11) -- The tri-state area is bracing for potential flooding as a frontal system brings several rounds of showers and thunderstorms throughout the day. A flood watch will run from 8 a.m. Tuesday until 2 a.m. on Wednesday.

  17. FOX 5 New York

    NYC area braces for more severe storms, flash flooding: Here's when the rain will start (opens FOX 5 New York)

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    FOX 5 New York's feed description

    New York City is facing a turbulent weather day as another round of severe weather threatens the Tri-state area with more rain and flooding risk on Tuesday. Tuesday's quiet morning commute will take a turn in the late morning hours, reaching a peak during the afternoon and evening commute.

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