A winter storm that was forecast to bring heavy rain and flooding to New York City overnight Monday left the five boroughs relatively unscathed.
While rain is expected to continue through midday Monday, New York City Emergency Management Commissioner Zach Iscol said we had a "good night," and the worst is over.
"We only had about a dozen downed trees last night, very high winds. That speaks to a lot of the work that Parks does around the city preemptively trimming trees, making sure that the city is ready," he said. "So, across the city, we had agency workers that were working all weekend to prepare the city for this event."
Iscol commended multiple city agencies for their diligence over the weekend, attributing their efforts to mitigating potential damage during the storm.
Commuters should expect a wet morning as some final rain showers push through the area, according to the National Weather Service, but conditions will clear in the early afternoon hours.
Wind gusts ranged from 35 to 55 mph, and rainfall totals varied between one to five inches throughout the area, the weather service said.
The remainder of the week is expected to be mainly dry with cooler temperatures on the way, according to NY1 meteorologist Guy Brown. Still, the city is ramping up preparations for more potential winter storms.
"Two weeks ago, we did a great exercise," Iscol said. "And then over the course of the week we went through a real-time exercise of the city responding to a notional snowstorm. And everybody performed remarkably well."