Rain Northeastern United States

The spring weekend brought tornadoes to Oklahoma and Kansas and record rainfall to much of New England. Through it all, no serious injuries were reported. A tornado ripped through Oklahoma City on Saturday night, tossing cars, trucks and boats through the air and cutting power lines. Three tornadoes struck north-central and northeast Kansas too, uprooting trees and downing power lines, and one did extensive damage to the Sabetha business district, officials said Sunday.

The spring weekend brought tornadoes to Oklahoma and Kansas and record rainfall to much of New England. Through it all, no serious injuries were reported. A tornado ripped through Oklahoma City on Saturday night, tossing cars, trucks and boats through the air and cutting power lines. Three tornadoes struck north-central and northeast Kansas too, uprooting trees and downing power lines, and one did extensive damage to the Sabetha business district, officials said Sunday.

Downpours drenched the Northeast with as much as an inch of rain an hour Saturday, forcing the evacuation of 400 people from swamped New Hampshire campgrounds, as storms raked Kansas with 70-m.p.h. gusts. Flood watches were posted in parts of New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine as heavy rain drove small rivers and streams over their banks, the National Weather Service said. The driving rains caused street flooding and ponding in poor-drainage areas.

Downpours drenched the Northeast with as much as an inch of rain an hour Saturday, forcing the evacuation of 400 people from swamped New Hampshire campgrounds, as storms raked Kansas with 70-m.p.h. gusts. Flood watches were posted in parts of New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine as heavy rain drove small rivers and streams over their banks, the National Weather Service said. The driving rains caused street flooding and ponding in poor-drainage areas.