The Weather Prediction Center says the storm will linger near New Jersey into early next week.
Why it matters: The storm threatens homes, transit, businesses and utilities across a densely populated corridor. Coastal flooding can worsen at repeated high tides, raising the risk of damage and disruption.
- The Weather Prediction Center said the storm will bring significant coastal flooding, rip currents, powerful wind gusts and heavy rain.
- NWS New York said widespread coastal flooding impacts were expected through the weekend, with the greatest impacts Saturday and Sunday.
- New York and New Jersey declared states of emergency ahead of the storm, CBS News reported.
- CNBC reported the storm put tens of millions of people in the path of dangerous weather from the mid-Atlantic to New England.
An early-season nor'easter is affecting the U.S. Northeast over the weekend of Sept. 26-28, 2026, with the heaviest impacts centered on coastal flooding, high surf, strong onshore winds, heavy rain and power outages, according to the National Weather Service forecast discussion.
The Weather Prediction Center said the system could bring "significant coastal flooding, rip currents, powerful wind gusts, and heavy rain" to much of the Eastern Seaboard. NWS New York said widespread coastal flooding impacts were expected through the weekend, with the greatest impacts Saturday and Sunday, and that a Wind Advisory was in place for most of the area in its area forecast discussion.
The Weather Prediction Center also said the storm was expected to stall near the New Jersey coast and linger into early next week before weakening and moving toward the Canadian Maritimes in a later forecast discussion.
Officials in New York and New Jersey declared states of emergency ahead of the storm, and some low-lying New Jersey communities issued voluntary evacuations or warnings, CBS News reported in its coverage.
CNBC reported that the system had knocked out power to tens of thousands of customers and led to hundreds of flight cancellations across the region in its coverage. Those disruptions add to the storm's main risks: coastal flooding, grid stress and transportation delays across a densely populated stretch of the East Coast.
By the numbers
- Sept. 26-28, 2026 - The weekend window covered by the storm's most disruptive impacts.
- Saturday and Sunday - The period NWS New York said coastal flooding impacts would peak.
- Tens of thousands - CNBC's reported estimate of customers without power.
Yes, but: Exact outage totals and flight cancellation counts were not provided in the underlying forecast discussions, so those impact figures should be treated as early media reports, not official tallies.
What's next: NWS said the storm could linger near the New Jersey coast into early next week before weakening.