Weather

After cutting a path of destruction through Louisiana and Mississippi, what’s left of Hurricane Ida is headed for the northeast. Here’s what you need to know.

Meteorologist David Murphy says tropical downpours from Ida will produce flooding on creeks, streams and perhaps rivers on Wednesday and Thursday.

Ida ravaged the region's power grid, leaving all of New Orleans and hundreds of thousands in the dark with no clear timeline on when the electricity would return.

Forecasters say heavy rain will move west to east across Pennsylvania from Tuesday night to Wednesday night.

Hurricane Ida rapidly gained strength right before it hit Louisiana this weekend. Abnormally hot water in the Gulf of Mexico acted as fuel for the storm.

Ida’s landfall came on the same date Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi 16 years earlier, about 40 miles west of where Category 3 Katrina first struck land.

Forecasters say Ida made landfall in Cuba as a hurricane and could grow to an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm with top winds of 140 mph when it nears the U.S.

During both days, residents can expect the heat index to reach at least 100 degrees.

The response team, Pennsylvania Task Force One, is based in Philadelphia and is sponsored by the city’s fire department.

Flooding in rural areas took out roads, cellphone towers and telephone lines, leaving families uncertain about whether their loved ones survived the unprecedented deluge.

Tropical Storm Henri made landfall in Rhode Island early Sunday, packing heavy winds and drenching rains as it began lashing the northeastern U.S. coastline.

A flash flood watch is in effect for much of our area through Monday morning with 2-4"+ of rain possible.

The National Hurricane Center issued an advisory late Saturday morning upgrading Tropical Storm Henri to a hurricane.

With Tropical Storm Henri strengthening, parts of Long Island and Connecticut, and resort areas such as Martha's Vineyard, Block Island and Nantucket are in the watch zone.

After a storm survey, the National Weather Service says a tornado touched down in the Souderton area early Thursday morning.