![]() ![]() Meanwhile, the mayor of Passaic, New Jersey, Hector Lora told news outlets that a person had died in the city after being submerged in their car. He said rescue crews were on scene into the night, with no immediate word on the number of people or severity of injuries. Sergeant Chris Levchak said that there were people inside the US postal service building in Kearny, New Jersey when the roof collapsed. New York City metro train is getting flooded by hurricane Ida /uNRFbDFn2w The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the major airports in the region, said late Wednesday night that all flights had been suspended and all parking lots were closed due to severe flooding.Įarlier in the day, the storm blew through the mid-Atlantic states with at least two tornadoes, heavy winds and drenching rains that collapsed the roof of a US Postal Service building in New Jersey and threatened to overrun a dam in Pennsylvania. The storm invoked memories of Superstorm Sandy, a 2012 storm that swept across the Atlantic and caused widespread devastation in New York City, New Jersey, and the surrounding areas. ![]() NBC New York reported that among those killed were mother and son died who died when their home flooded in the Jamaica neighbourhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Meanwhile, the National Weather Service said it recorded 8 cm (3.15 inches) of rain in New York’s Central Park in one hour Wednesday night, far surpassing the 4.9 cm (1.94 inches) that fell in one hour during Tropical Storm Henri on the night of August 21 – believed at the time to be the most ever recorded in the iconic park.įor the first time ever, the National Weather Service also issued a Flood Flood Emergency for about 9.1 million New Yorkers considered at risk, urging them to find higher ground. “We’re enduring an historic weather event tonight with record breaking rain across the city, brutal flooding and dangerous conditions on our roads,” the mayor said, as New York City put in place a travel ban until 5 AM ET (9 GMT) Thursday for all non-emergency vehicles. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy had also declared a state of emergency in response to Ida, as did New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio earlier in the night. “I am declaring a state of emergency to help New Yorkers affected by tonight’s storm,” Hochul tweeted. White Plains Airport 6.New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency as remnants of Ida caused enormous flooding in New York City and other parts of the state on Wednesday. Westhampton Airport 1.73 in 0553 AM 09/02 ASOSġ N Mount Kisco 8.46 in 0400 AM 09/02 Public Upton 2.40 in 0800 AM 09/02 Official NWS Obsįarmingdale Airport 2.01 in 0553 AM 09/02 ASOS Montauk Airport 3.20 in 0554 AM 09/02 ASOS Kew Garden Hills 5.77 in 0625 AM 09/02 NYSM Montgomery Airport 5.65 in 0554 AM 09/02 AWOS Midtown Manhattan 7.49 in 0625 AM 09/02 NYSM North Massapequa 2.48 in 0606 AM 09/02 CWOP West Milford 3.48 in 0545 AM 09/02 IFLOWS Groton Airport 3.64 in 0556 AM 09/02 ASOS New Haven Airport 4.53 in 0553 AM 09/02 ASOSĢ N Ledyard Center 6.45 in 0615 AM 09/02 Cocorahs Meriden Airport 4.96 in 0553 AM 09/02 ASOS Guilford 5.55 in 0700 AM 09/02 CO-OP Observer Nearly all of that fell within just 3 hours.Ĭhester Center 2.7 WNW 6.46 in 0636 AM 09/02 COCORAHS ![]() This is a new record for the wettest hour in Central Park. Newark Airport reported 3.24 inches of rain from 8 to 9 p.m.ģ.15 inches of rain in just one hour at Central Park from 8:50 to 9:50 p.m. Rainfall rates of 3 to 5 inches have been recorded in Northeast New Jersey and portions of NYC. The flooding was so bad that the National Weather Service in New York issued a Flash Flood Emergency, the highest flash flood threat level, for all five boroughs of New York City and North Jersey for the first time ever. The remnants from what was once Hurricane Ida interacted with a frontal system and unleashed record amounts of rain across the region. New York (WABC) - New York and New Jersey were hit with catastrophic flash flooding Wednesday evening that continued into Thursday, with water rescues, roads, homes and cars under feet of water, transportation stalled, people stranded on roofs of cars and more. Sam Champion explains the historic rain totals across the Tri-State area. ![]()
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