At least one person has been killed and millions are under flood watches as parts of the northeastern United States were hit with severe rain and heavy flooding over the weekend.
More than 13 million Americans were under flood watches and warnings from eastern New York state to Boston and western Maine to the northeast, the National Weather Service (NWS) said in its forecast Monday, with Vermont the most at risk.
Flood watches will also remain in place until at least Tuesday afternoon for parts of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Connecticut, according to NWS.
Over the weekend, New York and Vermont were the hardest-hit states, receiving around 8 inches (20 cm) of rain which overwhelmed rivers and streams, although authorities in Pennsylvania also reported around 40 people being displaced, CBS News Philadelphia reported….