Drenching rains, wind take aim at New England

NEW YORK (AP) — Torrential downpours and high winds have reached the Northeast, snarling traffic in New York City and knocking out power to tens of thousands across the region.

Motorists and pedestrians coped with sheets of rain, poor visibility, slick roads and strong wind gusts this morning as the storm made its way up to the Eastern Seaboard.

The Federal Aviation Administration reported delays up to three hours at New York’s LaGuardia airport. In upstate New York, two apartment buildings and several homes had to be evacuated because of flooding.

Water rushed through the streets of the flood-prone Philadelphia suburb of Darby, covering cars and lapping against first-floor windows. Rainfall totals in the Philadelphia area topped 10 inches.

The storm was expected to hit the Boston area by midday.