After intense storms soaked New York and New Jersey on Sunday, air-quality concerns have once again prompted health advisories on Monday morning.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.New York can’t seem to catch a weather break these days.soaked the state and even had some counties on tornado watch, Monday’s hot, sunny weather brings new concerns.health advisory for much of the region, including the city, Long Island, the Lower Hudson Valley, Upper Hudson Valley, Adirondacks, Eastern Lake Ontario, Central New York and Western New York.
The joint advisories mean that the DEC expects the Air Quality Index to surpass 100 Monday, which indicatesthat masks will be distributed at Port Authority Bus Terminal from 7 to 10 a.m. and 3 to 6 p.m. A portion of the Cross Island Parkway in Queens was closed at one point Sunday afternoon due to floods, while basements in Bridgehampton filled with several feet of water. Bay Shore, Long Island logged an intense 6 inches of rainfall,. Manhattan, by comparison, logged over an inch, with Central Park reporting close to 2.
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