Extreme flash flooding throughout the tri-state space on Monday brought on subway delays and highway closures throughout the Huge Apple and pushed New Jersey to declare a state of emergency.
All 5 boroughs and Nassau County are beneath a flash flood warning by way of midnight.
“Flooding can be deadly and often strikes with little or no warning. Streets, basements, and below-grade spaces can fill with water in minutes. If you live in a basement apartment or low-lying area, be ready to move to higher ground,” NYC Emergency Administration suggested on X.
“Keep your Go Bag near the door and clear exit paths. Avoid flooded areas. Never walk or drive into water. Turn around, don’t drown.”
Westchester County was positioned beneath the identical alert till 12:15 a.m. after the southbound lanes on the Taconic State and Noticed Mill River Parkway skilled extreme flooding.
The 1, 2 and three trains are all suspended in Manhattan whereas the MTA addresses flooding throughout a number of stations, the company stated.
Contained in the twenty third Road station, water gave the impression to be bursting out of a grate within the flooring because it flooded the the realm close to the turnstiles, based on a video shared on X. Water additionally spilled beneath the doorways and onto the subway itself as riders took refuge on the seats.
“Oh man, I might need a diaper!” one straphanger joked.
The Forest Hills-bound M and R trains are additionally working beneath extreme delays as a number of stations reportedly flooded in Queens.
The Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive in Manhattan had inches of water reaching as much as vehicles’ tires shortly after 7 p.m., based on the NYC Division of Transportation cameras.
Drivers on the FDR needed to rigorously maneuver by way of the water as they inched down the highway at simply 2 miles per hour, based on a video shared by a driver caught within the flood on X.
Folks had been actively driving towards the present till they reached a degree the place the highway was seen once more.
For anybody needing to get into or out of the town, their choices are restricted after the Bronx River Parkway and Interstate 287 flooded to the purpose the place drivers couldn’t even see the highway, forcing many predominant routes to shut, based on photos shared on X.
In New Jersey, Gov. Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency and suggested everybody to “stay indoors and avoid unnecessary travel,” he wrote on X.
All through the northern elements of the Backyard State, vehicles and even emergency autos in cities like Somerville and Plainsville had been overwhelmed and even partially overturned.
A flood warning was additionally prolonged in Fairfield County till 12:15 a.m., based on NBC Connecticut.
Final August, Connecticut was slammed by the worst flood it’d seen in two centuries, destroying complete roadways and sparking mudslides.
