Overview

• The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for New York City from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday with feels-like temperatures near 100°F.
• A flood watch remains in effect from 2 p.m. until 2 a.m. Wednesday with forecasts of heavy rain, damaging winds and flash flooding.
• NYC Emergency Management has opened cooling centers, deployed outreach teams to assist vulnerable residents and staged crews to address downed trees and power lines.
• NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center and Storm Prediction Center have raised the region’s flash flood and severe thunderstorm risks to Level 2.
• Two members of New York City’s task force departed Tuesday to assist with search and recovery operations in flood-stricken Texas.