India, Dec. 18 -- The National Weather Service issued coastal flood advisories across multiple counties in New York and New Jersey on Thursday. These will be in effect Friday morning, affecting parts of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, southern Nassau County and northern New Jersey. Some parts of Washington will also see similar advisories on Thursday. Here's a detailed guide for residents:

The advisories will be in effect from 5 am to 11 am EST Friday in Hudson, Eastern Essex, and Eastern Union counties in New Jersey. Meanwhile, the counties affected in New York are Richmond (Staten Island) and Kings (Brooklyn).

The NWS notes on its official website that "up to one half foot of inundation above ground level expected in vulne...