Everyone is like, they can't believe it," one person said. Some New Yorkers had to see it for themselves. Crews were in the process of draining the expressway and towing the cars.
Remnants of ida bring flash flood watches and heavy rain movie#
The Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx borough of the city resembled a movie scene, CBS New York reported.ĭozens of abandoned vehicles were partially submerged on the expressway that was overwhelmed by flash flooding. Heavy rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida caused flooding that stalled vehicles and destroyed structures across New York City. First responders pull local residents in a boat as they rescue people trapped by floodwaters in Mamaroneck, New York, on September 2, 2021, after the remnants of Ida brought drenching rain, flash floods and tornadoes to parts of the Northeast.Ĭars are stranded by high water Thursday, September 2, 2021, on the Major Deegan Expressway in Bronx borough of New York as high water left behind by Hurricane Ida still stands on the highway hours later. "Everything is electrified, so one false step, a passenger, or anyone, could be electrocuted," a conductor said.
Water gushed into some stations and onto trains filled with passengers. The city's entire subway system was shut down overnight. Wednesday night was the first time the National Weather Service issued a flash flood emergency for New York City, where officials said the storm was responsible for at least 13 deaths. In his state alone, 25 people died due to the storm. "An extraordinary, sadly tragic, historic 24 hours in New Jersey, there's no other way to put it," the state's governor, Phil Murphy, told reporters. Rescue teams in Pennsylvania spent hours Thursday using boats to reach people stranded by floodwaters, and similar rescues played out in the New York City suburbs.Īt least one tornado rolled through the southern part of New Jersey, ripping the sides off some homes and turning others into rubble. At least 45 people in the Northeast were killed as the remnants of Hurricane Ida caused torrential rain, devastating floods and tornadoes overnight.
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