"We're kind of sitting blind here in the town of Jay," said Jay Town Supervisor Matt Stanley about the power outage leaving many without cell or internet service.

A powerful storm system will bring heavy rain and wind gusts up to 40 mph to New Jersey late Thursday into Friday morning. The National Weather Service warns of potential localized flooding with rainf

The National Weather Service predicts up to 1 inch of rainfall between 6-8 a.m. Friday, with wind gusts reaching 50 mph before conditions improve by midday.

Millions of people across much of the East Coast are under High Wind Alerts, as the final leg of a coast-to-coast storm pounded the entire Eastern Seaboard from Maine to Florida early Friday, threatening to disrupt the busy holiday travel rush.

A report was issued from the National Weather Service on Friday at 7:59 a.m. for rain showers until 10 a.m. for Oneida, Madison, Chenango, Otsego, Delaware and Sullivan counties.

Heavy rain, thunderstorms and gusty winds are forecast as the storm likely strengthens on Friday. Rainfall of 1 to 2 inches is anticipated, although, if the storm is stronger, it could produce an inch or more of rain per hour. Thunderstorms might continue into early Saturday, according to the advisory.

As of 1 p.m., 2.7 inches of snow had fallen at Belvedere Castle in Central Park, the official National Weather Service measuring station for the city. That made Sunday the earliest date of the season since 2018 that more than two inches of snow had accumulated in Central Park.

As the planet warms, subway systems around the world have struggled to cope with floods far beyond what they were originally designed to handle.