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The alert from the state Department of Environmental Conservation, which is in effect from 10 a.m. to midnight, includes the Capital Region, Adirondacks, Hudson Valley, New York City and
Scattered storms are back for Sunday afternoon, primarily between 1 and 7 p.m. Any activity eyeing the tri-state through the afternoon and evening could bring severe storms, damaging winds and flash flooding.
The DEC has issued an air quality health advisory for most of upstate New York due to elevated levels of fine particulate matter in the air.
The National Weather Service has issued severe thunderstorm warnings for New York City and parts of the Hudson Valley, New Jersey and Connecticut, with expected wind gusts of up to 70 mph and potential hail.
A combination of high heat, poor air quality, and the threat of severe thunderstorms is bearing down on New York City this weekend, prompting