A strengthening storm system is set to sweep up the East Coast this weekend, bringing days of expected rain, wind, rough surf and beach erosion along hundreds of miles from Florida to Long Island and southern New England. While the system won’t meet the technical requirements to be classified as a named storm, it will bring tropical stormlike impacts and could damage more homes in the recently battered Outer Banks.
It remains unclear whether the storm will from there nudge back westward, bringing nasty weather closer to Interstate 95. For now, it looks like the worst weather will target coastal areas, though major cities — like New York, Newark, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. — will still be plenty stormy.
"Numerous roads may be closed," wrote the National Weather Service (NWS) in Jacksonville. "Low-lying property including homes, businesses and some critical infrastructure may be inundated. Some shoreline erosion may occur."
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