Tornado Watch Issued for Northeast as Severe Storms Threaten Flash Flooding

On a July afternoon, the Northeast found itself beneath a sky that meteorologists had learned to read with caution — one where wind, moisture, and instability had arranged themselves into the conditions that precede tornadoes, while heavy rain threatened to overwhelm the streets and drains of one of the most densely populated corridors in the world. A tornado watch, broader than a warning but no less serious, reminded residents that nature does not always announce itself with certainty, only with possibility. The dual threat of spinning winds and rising water asked something ancient of modern