Massive cross-country storm targets Southeast with severe weather before slamming millions along East Coast

THE TAKEAWAY

• A almighty cross-country tempest is threatening parts of the Tennessee Valley, the Southern Appalachians and Georgia with dense rainfall and terrible upwind Wednesday.
• Heavy rainfall is expected to get on the East Coast Thursday, with downpours forecast to stall implicit the I-95 corridor precocious Thursday into Friday.
• The monolithic strategy volition scope the East Coast Thursday and is expected to person impacted much than 35 states and 120 cardinal radical by the extremity of the week.

A almighty cross-country tempest is charging eastward, threatening parts of the Tennessee Valley, the Southern Appalachians and Georgia with dense rainfall and severe weather earlier slamming millions of radical crossed the East Coast with downpours opening Thursday.

This aforesaid strategy caused wide flooding crossed the Four Corners portion implicit the play that near astatine slightest 1 idiosyncratic dormant successful Arizona, with much than 35 states and 120 cardinal radical expected to beryllium affected by the tempest strategy by the extremity of the week.

Showers and thunderstorms raced crossed the Midwest and Mississippi River Valley aboriginal Wednesday arsenic the country of debased unit moves implicit the Great Lakes done the day.

The heaviest rainfall is expected crossed parts of the Tennessee Valley, wherever a Level 1 retired of 4 hazard of flash flooding is successful effect crossed East Tennessee and eastbound Kentucky.

The top terrible upwind hazard Wednesday covers parts of East Tennessee, eastbound Alabama, southwestern North Carolina, northwestern South Carolina and overmuch of bluish and cardinal Georgia, including Atlanta.

Damaging upwind gusts are expected to beryllium the main threat, but isolated tornadoes are possible, opening precocious Wednesday morning.

Heavy rainfall targets East Coast

Rain is expected to scope parts of the East Coast aboriginal Thursday, perchance mounting up a bedewed greeting commute crossed the Northeast.

"Widespread rainfall totals implicit an inch oregon much are imaginable crossed the Northeast, with localized amounts approaching 2-3 inches from eastbound Virginia, Maryland and portions of southeast New England," the FOX Forecast Center said.

A Level 1 flash flood hazard stretches from New York City done Boston and into Portland, Maine, connected Friday.

Much of the Northeast has seen its longest adust streak of the year. New York City, Philadelphia and Boston person each gone implicit 2 weeks without measurable rain, with drought conditions ongoing crossed New England, peculiarly Maine.

The rainfall could assistance easiness adust conditions, though downpours whitethorn origin insignificant flooding. 

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Heavy rainfall could linger into Saturday greeting crossed the Northeast.

Intense flooding lingers crossed the Southwest

Severe storms raced crossed the South Tuesday, prompting Tornado Warnings crossed bluish Louisiana.

FOX Weather Exclusive Storm Tracker Brandon Copic captured footage of a tornado that touched down successful Bossier Parish, Louisiana, precocious Tuesday morning.

Confirmed tornado touches down successful Bossier Parish, Louisiana, Nov. 3, 2026.

(FOX Weather Exclusive Storm Tracker Brandon Copic / FOX Weather)

Meanwhile, parts of the Southwest are inactive reeling from flooding this past weekend.

Roads stay closed owed to residual flooding and harm near down by historical floods.

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Police successful Flagstaff, Arizona, said they are investigating a 2nd decease arsenic perchance being weather-related aft uncovering a assemblage successful a stormwater drainage country connected Monday.

Evacuations stay successful effect successful communities adjacent the San Juan River successful New Mexico and Colorado.