NEW YORK: Torrential downpours after every week of principally regular rainfall triggered flash flooding in New York Metropolis on Friday (Sep 29), disrupting subway service within the nation’s most populous metropolis and turning lots of its streets into small lakes.
A flash flood warning was in impact for New York Metropolis till noon as greater than 2 inches (5.08 cm) of rain fell in some areas by Friday morning and a pair of extra inches doable inside hours, the Nationwide Climate Service mentioned.
“Transfer to increased floor now. Act rapidly to guard your life,” the service mentioned in an advisory posted on its web site.
The acute rainfall prompted New York Governor Kathy declared a state of emergency for New York Metropolis, Lengthy Island, and the Hudson Valley.
“Please take steps to remain secure and bear in mind to by no means try to journey on flooded roads,” she mentioned in a message posted on the X social media platform.
Some 18 million folks within the New York metropolitan space and in different main cities alongside the East Coast had been beneath flood warnings, watches and advisories from the climate service.
Photos and video footage confirmed neighbourhood streets and subways flooded throughout New York, disrupting morning site visitors for hundreds of thousands of commuters.
Flooding brought on main disruptions to town’s subway system and the Metro North commuter rail service, based on the Metropolitan Transportation Company.
Some subway strains had been suspended fully, together with the G, which connects Brooklyn and Queens, and lots of stations had been closed.