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Heavy rain and wind expected as Hurricane Elsa passes by

by Amie Rukenstein

The National Weather Service is predicting heavy rain and winds this evening continuing into Friday morning as Hurricane Elsa makes her way up the coast. Mercer County is currently under a flash flood watch until Friday at noon.

According to Accuweather: “Enough rain is forecast to fall to lead to flash flooding in urban and poor drainage areas along the Interstate 95 corridor from the mid-Atlantic coast through New England. A general 1-2 inches of rain is forecast to fall with local amounts of 2-4 inches from the Atlantic coast to about 100 miles inland. An AccuWeather Local StormMax™ of 6 inches of rain is anticipated.”

For more information, the Accuweather forecast is here. Information provided by Hopewell Township regarding emergency preparedness is here.

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