water s going to go down quickly. yes. and once it recedes. what do you have left? you ve got mess everywhere. really is, from tree branchs to flooded out homes, furniture that needs to be replaced. it s going to take a long time to clean this up. it really is. the water s going to recede. bad news, possibly, more development farther out to the west. still, a rainy day for much of the eastern sea board. at least for the eastern half of the great lakes. the reason we saw the flooding in the first place. it really is mind-numbing to take a look at these numbers. the accumulation since tuesday morning, take a look at this number. wilmington, north carolina, 22.54 inches of rainfall, nearly a foot in norfolk, baltimore now in town, significantly less. that s pretty significant. even new york, 2.9 inches of rain. now, what s next for us? we re going to be seeing more cloud cover moving into parts of
may have a few stray showers. certainly not in the magnitude. isn t it weird, tuesday people were getting out walking around and then everything changes. really quickly. a lot of rain in a very short amount of time adds up. take a look at this. 22.54 inches rainfall since sunday in wilmington. a lot of it fell over the last couple of days. when you have a lot of rainfall that falls in a short duration it stacks up and doesn t have time to drain off. from wilmington up to new york the rain has been impressive. new york 2.9. but still fairly decent. in norfolk nearly a foot of rainfall. that rain again fizzling out today moving off as that frontal boundary moves tout sea. another one developing over the great lakes and we ll zoom in on that key spot. kind of hard to miss at this point if you re making a drive from parts of 75 going through
it s funny. at a decent rate of speed, it wouldn t have a chance to stack up. you want to talk about stacking up, take a look at the numbers. we roll them out. norfolk, virginia, 11.51. wilmington, 22.54. it s a lot of rain. if you stretch it over a month s time, it s still a lot. when you stretch it over a couple days, the bulk of it in a matter of hours, it s where the flooding picks up. you have devastating effects. today, we see rainfall. if you are along the eastern sea board and saw this coming, you would be worried. this is going to pull through the great lakes. the tail front may move along parts of the sea board. i it s going to lose momentum. in terms of this being a heavy rainmaker, i don t think it s going to be the mix. still scattered showers in
they got a few things out. like you said, reynolds, the water is going to recede quickly, then the next phase of clean-up begins. flash flooding is self-explanatory. it s how the water rises quickly. one thing you don t see is one of the issues you have with flooding is contamination, especially in city areas. the water builds up. sewage pops up and gets everywhere. you have widespread contamination. mold is a huge issue after the fact. there s a clean-up that may take days or weeks or longer. certainly rough. they need a break, they are going to get it today. let s head over here to see what they are dealing with. the clean up and what s going to cause the mess in the first place. 22.54 inches of rainfall in wilmington, north carolina.