Moderate to major flooding likely with waves reaching 12-22 feet.
Water 2-3 feet above ground will close roads and threaten homes and businesses.
Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines with widespread power outages expected.
A rare September nor'easter is bringing severe coastal flooding and damaging winds to the Northeast through Sunday. Millions face inundation, power outages, and road closures.
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Moderate to major flooding is likely from North Carolina to Nantucket, Massachusetts, with southeastern Virginia at highest risk for major coastal inundation of 1 to 3 feet.
NEWS Rare September nor'easter set to slam East Coast NBC News www.nbcnews.com -
Water will be 2 to 3 feet above ground level in some areas resulting in a sufficient depth to close numerous roads and threaten homes and businesses.
DATA Coastal Flood Warning NWS Wakefield forecast.weather.gov -
North winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph will blow down trees and power lines with widespread power outages expected.
DATA High Wind Warning NWS Mount Holly forecast.weather.gov
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Summarise the three most severe active US National Weather Service alerts this morning, ranked by population exposed to the highest-severity alert in effect.
- Read active NWS alerts nationwide
- Rank three by population exposed to the highest severity in effect
- Emit alert-list JSON within the schema caps
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