--- description: The precipitation will move through the Northeast on Wednesday to midday on Thursday title: Hurricane Patricia's Tail Threatens to Flood Midwest, Northeast image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a15725d4102d29b/69886e4cbc6cfc628c3da180/hurricane-patricia-flooding.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [weather](/tag/weather/) ## weather Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Hurricane Patricia's Tail Threatens to Flood Midwest, Northeast by [Alastair Jamieson / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Alastair Jamieson / NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 27, 2015 1:32 PM CUT  A train was derailed by flood waters near Corsicana, Texas on Oct. 26, 2015, after a weekend of drenching storms that were remnants of Hurricane Patricia. A train was derailed by flood waters near Corsicana, Texas on Oct. 26, 2015, after a weekend of drenching storms that were remnants of Hurricane Patricia.LM Otero—AP by [Alastair Jamieson / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Alastair Jamieson / NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 27, 2015 1:32 PM CUT Millions of Americans from the Midwest to the Northeast were facing the threat of torrential rain and possible floods beginning Tuesday as the remnants of Hurricane Patricia strengthened storms that have already soaked the Gulf Coast. Between one and two inches of rain was expected from the Tennessee Valley into the Ohio Valley and lower Great Lakes Tuesday, [The Weather Channel said](http://www.weather.com/travel/commuter-conditions/news/three-weather-stories-eastern-rain-wind-south-flooding?cm%5Fven=Twitter%5FTheWeatherChannel%5FWeather%5FLLa%5FArticle%5FNo%5F3%5F20151027 "undefined"). Three inches of rain was possible in some areas. The precipitation will move through the Northeast on Wednesday through midday on Thursday and urban flooding is possible along the I-­95 corridor, it said. Lighter rain and showers were… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/patricia-remnants-bring-flood-threat-midwest-northeast-n452011?cid=par-time%5F20151027 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4088539/hurricane-patricia-flood/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4088539/hurricane-patricia-flood/"},"headline":"Hurricane Patricia's Tail Threatens to Flood Midwest, Northeast","datePublished":"2015-10-27T13:32:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:06:07.536Z","description":"Some spots will see up to 3 inches of rain","url":"https://time.com/4088539/hurricane-patricia-flood/","keywords":["weather"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a15725d4102d29b/69886e4cbc6cfc628c3da180/hurricane-patricia-flooding.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alastair Jamieson / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a15725d4102d29b/69886e4cbc6cfc628c3da180/hurricane-patricia-flooding.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"hurricane-patricia-flooding","caption":"hurricane-patricia-flooding.jpg","creditText":"LM Otero—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/weather/","name":"weather"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4088539/hurricane-patricia-flood/","name":"Hurricane Patricia's Tail Threatens to Flood Midwest, Northeast"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Watch Scenes From Hurricane Patricia","description":"","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/bxKgv8PM/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-10-24T16:06:11.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/bxKgv8PM.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4088539/hurricane-patricia-flood/","duration":"PT55S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4088539/hurricane-patricia-flood/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```