Ernestowas downgradedto a tropicalstormlateSunday, butforecasterssayit is likelyto regainhurricane status once it gets back over the warmwatersofGulf Mexico.
In 2011, severe springtime flooding followed by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee in late summer washed out roads throughout mountains of New York and New England as culverts not designed for such enormous volumes of water were overwhelmed.