NEW YORK – A brewing nor'easter that is expected to slam the East Coast over the weekend has triggered High Wind Watches with forecasters saying gusts up to 60 mph could impact close to 10 million Americans along the New Jersey Coast on Sunday and in Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island by Sunday night.
The nor'easter is expected to develop from a powerful area of low pressure off of the Southeast coast this weekend and deliver heavy rain, high winds and bring coastal flooding anywhere from the Carolinas to southern New England.
The combination of persistent, strong onshore winds, high surf and high tides could lead to significant coastal flooding along the East Coast. The National Weather Service issued a coastal flood watch Sunday morning through Monday afternoon, with 1-2 feet of inundati