A Nor'easter Is Impacting The East Coast With Major Coastal Flooding, Heavy Rain, Strong Winds Jonathan Erdman and Hayden Marshall October 13, 2025 at 12:40 AM 91 A nor'easter is impacting the East Coast, expected to last into early next week with days of significant coastal flooding, heavy rain and...
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Jonathan Erdman and Hayden Marshall October 13, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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A nor'easter is impacting the East Coast, expected to last into early next week with days of significant coastal flooding, heavy rain and strong winds from the Carolinas to the Northeast Seaboard.
It may only be the first half of October, but it's not too early for strong East Coast storms. Here's what the forecast holds.
Nor'easter Ramps Up This Weekend
The low pressure formed over the weekend and will continue its track to the north through Monday, continuing to bring impacts along the East Coast.
Heavy rain caused the Georgetown Marketplace in Georgetown, South Carolina, to flood early Sunday morning. Several motorists had to be rescued. Georgetown has seen nearly 10 inches of rainfall from this Nor'easter. Widespread totals up to 6 inches of rain have fallen along the South Carolina coastline.
Widespread wind gusts over 40 mph have been reported across parts of Delaware, New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland and the Carolinas.
Before the Nor'easter, onshore winds already produced high surf, rip currents and coastal flooding at high tide, particularly from the Carolinas to eastern Florida. Charleston reached a recent crest of 8.46 feet on Friday, which was a top 20 highest crest for the river gauge.
Radar and Winds for the Carolinas. A Nor'easter is shifting north Sunday, bringing wind, rain and waves to the mid-Atlantic and Northeast into early next week.
This low appears to fit the definition of a nor'easter, an East Coast storm in which the winds ahead of — to the north of — the low-pressure center are northeasterly.
And this storm could have some staying power. It's likely to last through Monday, before either weakening or pulling away farther offshore Tuesday.
So this could be a long-lasting slog for the East Coast, particularly from the Carolinas to southern New England.
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Potential Impacts
Coastal Flooding
As alluded to earlier, several days of onshore winds pushing water toward the coast will lead to coastal flooding at high tide, spreading from Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas to the mid-Atlantic and New England.
Coastal flood warnings have been issued by the National Weather Service for pockets of the coastline from Florida to New England, with the majority of the warnings located across the mid-Atlantic and Northeast coastlines.
Coastal Flood Watches And Warnings
Water levels in Charleston again reached 8 feet Saturday, as they gained over an inch of rain. Over 20 road closures were reported across the city on Saturday, increasing to 30 on Sunday. Conditions are beginning to improve for the city and roads will begin to reopen as coastal flood warnings have expired. They are only forecast to reach minor flood stage the rest of the day.
Nearly 15 river gauges across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast are forecast to reach major flood stage, which could bring impacts to streets and roads.
Among the locations that could see major coastal flooding including the Jersey Shore, Delaware and the Virginia Tidewater around Norfolk. Up to several feet of coastal inundation is possible, which could lead to road and building inundation.
High tide brought significant coastal flooding across locations like Avalon Bay, New Jersey, Sunday at midday, which saw streets completely covered in water. High tides overnight Sunday into Monday could see more rounds of inundation.
This repeated coastal flooding over multiple days is likely to produce significant beach erosion and breaches in dunes in some areas, particularly from North Carolina's Outer Banks, where nine homes have already collapsed into the ocean this year, to the Jersey Shore.
Apart from the coastal flood threat, pounding surf potentially over 10 feet will be an issue up and down the Eastern Seaboard this weekend into early next week, and will lead to a high threat of rip currents in many areas. Long story short, stay out of surf zone along the East Coast from this weekend through at least Tuesday.
(MORE: Houses Crumble into Ocean)
Wave Height, Wind Forecast
Winds
High wind warnings have been issued by the National Weather Service until Monday evening from southeastern Virginia into parts of eastern New Jersey and for Long Island, along with the Massachusetts islands.
Stronger winds have developed along and near the coast from eastern North Carolina and spread northward to Long Island and southern New England by the start of the week. These winds could linger along parts of the Eastern Seaboard into at least Tuesday.
Wind gusts could reach 60 mph at times, capable of some tree damage and power outages.
High Wind Alerts
Rain
Bands of heavy rain have been ongoing up and down the Eastern Seaboard from the Southeast to coastal New England. An additional 2-4 inches of rainfall is possible.
This may lead to more flash flooding and could aggravate coastal flooding at high tide due to water driven ashore by winds.
Rainfall Forecast
Hayden Marshall is a meteorologist intern and First-Year Master's Student at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He has been following weather content over the past three years as a storm spotter and weather enthusiast. He can be found on Instagram and Linkedin.
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