{"id":53,"date":"2018-12-04T00:58:22","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T00:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/surfshields.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/04\/flood-watches-in-the-east-as-new-storm-targets-west-coast\/"},"modified":"2018-12-04T00:58:22","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T00:58:22","slug":"flood-watches-in-the-east-as-new-storm-targets-west-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surfshields.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/04\/flood-watches-in-the-east-as-new-storm-targets-west-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"Flood watches in the East as new storm targets West Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"66.7273255814\">\n<p itemprop=\"articleBody\">\nA major storm system moving through the central and southern U.S. delivered more than two dozen tornadoes, flooding and heavy snow throughout the weekend.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"abcn-alert-insert\">\n<h3>Interested in <span>Weather?<\/span><br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"insert-callout\">Add Weather as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Weather news, video, and analysis from ABC News.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p itemprop=\"articleBody\">\nOn Saturday, at least 22 tornadoes were reported in Illinois, and two were reported on Sunday in Georgia, which also saw almost a foot of rain over the weekend, leading to flooding. Parts of Florida saw 10 inches of rain from the same storm.\n<\/p>\n<p itemprop=\"articleBody\">\nParts of the Rockies and into the upper Midwest saw at least a foot of snow during that same period.\n<\/p>\n<p itemprop=\"articleBody\">\nThat system is moving through the East Coast this morning, with the Southeast again on the lookout for potential flooding as the Great Lakes and Northeast may see more snow.\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"e_image e_full\" id=\"e_image_59570126\">\n<div class=\"e_full_container\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.abcnews.com\/images\/US\/weather-1-181203_hpEmbed_16x9_992.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"The Southeast could be in for some flooding this morning.\"><span class=\"credit\">ABC News<\/span><\/picture><\/div><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">The Southeast could be in for some flooding this morning.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p itemprop=\"articleBody\">\nFlood watches already have been issued this morning in Florida and in Georgia. Later this afternoon, severe storms packing hail and tornadoes are expected in northern and central Florida.\n<\/p>\n<p itemprop=\"articleBody\">\nLake-effect snow is likely to continue behind that storm in the Northeast, including western New York and Pennsylvania.\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"e_image e_full\" id=\"e_image_59570117\">\n<div class=\"e_full_container\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.abcnews.com\/images\/US\/weather-2-181203_hpEmbed_16x9_992.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"Much of the strong East Coast storm will be out to sea later tonight.\"><span class=\"credit\">ABC News<\/span><\/picture><\/div><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Much of the strong East Coast storm will be out to sea later tonight.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p itemprop=\"articleBody\">\nAnother new storm is forecast to strike the West Coast on Tuesday and then head east with more rain and snow that could lead to flooding.\n<\/p>\n<p itemprop=\"articleBody\">\nThis storm first will hit the Bay Area before moving into southern California. Mudslides and flooding are possible.\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"e_image e_full\" id=\"e_image_59570108\">\n<div class=\"e_full_container\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.abcnews.com\/images\/US\/weather-3-181203_hpEmbed_16x9_992.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"The West Coast could be seeing heavy rain by Tuesday afternoon.\"><span class=\"credit\">ABC News<\/span><\/picture><\/div><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">The West Coast could be seeing heavy rain by Tuesday afternoon.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p itemprop=\"articleBody\">\nParts of California may see more than 2 inches this week, while peaks in the Sierra Nevadas could see a foot of snow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/flood-watches-east-storm-targets-west-coast\/story?id=59570107<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surfshields.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surfshields.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surfshields.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surfshields.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surfshields.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surfshields.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surfshields.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surfshields.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surfshields.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surfshields.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}