On Friday overnight, Heavy rains in the northeastern United States left parts of New York City underwater, partially paralyzing airports and subways in the USA’s financial capital.
Kathy Hochul, New York Governor, declared an official state of emergency for the NYC, Long Island to the east, and the Hudson River valley to the north, alerting people to not travel on flooded roads.
Photos from around New York showed cars half-submerged and traffic snarled, with some main roads completely obstructed.
The giant New York subway system was also struck by the flooding, with several lines closed in Brooklyn.
In a social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, the subway declared, “There is only extremely limited subway service available because of heavy flooding. Service is suspended at many stations.
“Please stay home if you don’t need to travel.”
The National Weather Service cautioned of flooding through Friday with as much as two inches (5.1 centimeters) of rain dropping per hour.
Total accumulation on Friday could hit seven inches (18 centimeters), it said.
It said, “Excessive runoff will likely result in scattered to numerous instances of flash flooding in urban and poor drainage areas, as well as along quick responding small rivers and streams.”
The rain came from a low-pressure system along the mid-Atlantic coast, which draws in moist air from the ocean.
In September 2021 Hurricane Ida caused comprehensive flooding to the region, leaving 13 people dead, many of them entangled in basement apartments.
