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Coastal Flood Warnings Cover Hampton Roads, With 2 to 3 Feet of Water Forecast in Low Areas

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published September 24, 2026
The downtown Norfolk, Virginia, skyline seen across the calm Elizabeth River under a partly cloudy blue sky.

Coastal flood warnings cover Hampton Roads through Saturday, with forecasters warning of 2 to 3 feet of inundation above ground level in low-lying areas.

Categories Weather & Disasters Tags coastal-flooding, national-weather-service

Newsom Declares a Statewide California Emergency Ahead of El Niño Winter Storm Season

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published September 22, 2026 · Updated September 24, 2026
A NOAA map of the tropical Pacific Ocean for August 2026, with a long band of red and dark red along the equator from the central Pacific to South America showing water warmer than normal, and blue areas in the western Pacific.

Newsom proclaimed a statewide emergency ahead of a possibly record El Niño winter. The order also suspends California’s price-gouging cap for this event.

Categories Weather & Disasters Tags coastal-flooding

Northeast weather: rain Sunday, then a possible coastal storm near the full moon. What forecasters say

By Plainly Now News Desk · Published September 19, 2026 · Updated September 24, 2026
A 'Rip Currents: Break the Grip of the Rip' safety sign on a wooden post beside a path through dune grass at Tobay Beach on Long Island under an overcast sky.

NWS forecasters say Sunday’s Northeast rain is followed by a low-confidence chance of a coastal storm near the Sept. 26 full moon, not a confirmed storm.

Categories Weather & Disasters Tags coastal-flooding, national-weather-service
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