Some sun here—heavy rains, flooding in the Northeast

While Chicagoans adjust to Daylight Savings Time under partly sunny skies, the Northeast U.S. coast states are suffering through heavy downpours and extensive flooding. The epicenter of a broad area of 3-inch-plus rains lies over eastern Pennsylvania, southeast New York and New Jersey. Rivers were out of banks and multiple roads were closed due to flooding. The highest 24-hour rainfall reported by Saturday evening was 4.40 inches at East Stroudsburg in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains. Philadelphia reported 2.77 inches. All roads were closed in Delaware County, N.Y., and many observation points recorded record April 2 rainfall totals. By the end of today, several locations within the epicenter will have reported over a half-foot of rainfall. Over 4 inches of snow on the backside of the storm brought Cleveland, Ohio’s seasonal total to an all-time record 103.1 inches.
Chicago will see highs average nearly 15 degrees above normal the first half of the week.