Rain and coastal flooding concerns continued across parts of New York City and Long Island on Monday as a powerful September nor’easter that battered the region over the weekend gradually weakened.
Coastal flood advisories remained in effect through Monday afternoon in portions of New York City and Long Island, where showers, gusty winds and elevated water levels persisted.
The storm has been linked to one death in New York after a New York City Housing Authority employee was killed by a falling tree during the weekend. The nor’easter also caused flooding, power outages and travel disruptions across parts of the Northeast…