mid-Atlantic
adjective
1
: of or relating to the region of the U.S. that includes all or some of the states between New York and South Carolina
mid-Atlantic states/cities/beaches
2
: located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
mid-Atlantic islands
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In the mid-Atlantic, portions of western Maryland, northwest and western Virginia also face the warning Friday.
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Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Gottschalck said that warmer-than-normal temperatures are most likely for California, the southern Great Basin, the southern Rockies, the Southwest eastward to Texas, the Southeast and the coastal mid-Atlantic.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
Coastal flood advisories and warnings remain in effect until Tuesday night for parts of the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast coast.
—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
Some of the storm’s heaviest rain has already soaked the Carolinas, but an additional 1 to 3 inches is possible from the mid-Atlantic to Northeast into Tuesday.
—Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
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Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Gottschalck said that warmer-than-normal temperatures are most likely for California, the southern Great Basin, the southern Rockies, the Southwest eastward to Texas, the Southeast and the coastal mid-Atlantic.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
Coastal flood advisories and warnings remain in effect until Tuesday night for parts of the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast coast.
—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
Some of the storm’s heaviest rain has already soaked the Carolinas, but an additional 1 to 3 inches is possible from the mid-Atlantic to Northeast into Tuesday.
—Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
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“Mid-Atlantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mid-Atlantic. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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