New York City and the tri-state area are facing tropical winds and heavy rainfall that will affect the area from Sunday to Monday.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — While rain may fall on New York City streets Saturday, that precipitation comes ahead of the concerning coastal storm forecast to bring flooding, heavy winds and rain to the five boroughs.

A coastal storm moving along the East Coast on Monday will continue to bring the threat of significant coastal flooding, strong to damaging winds and moderate to locally heavy rainfall.

New York City and the tri-state area is facing tropical winds and a heavy rainfall that will affect the area from Sunday to Monday.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The coastal storm forecast to impact New York City on Sunday and Monday is slated to bring gusty winds, rain and the threat of coastal flooding. As previously reported, coastal flooding is a major concern for those coastal communities from the Battery in Manhattan down south, including the east shore of Staten Island.

Scroll to see the rain totals across counties in Vermont and Northern New York as reported by trained spotters from the National Weather Service in Burlington.

A destructive rain and windstorm is driving in from the Atlantic - threatening major coastal flooding to New York this weekend. The powerful tropical storm will evolve along the coast and hammer New Jersey,