Flash Flood Warning Issued For Nyc, N.j. Declares Emergency As Heavy Rains Soak Area

New Yorkers successful basement apartments were told to beryllium fresh to time off and New Jersey’s politician declared a authorities of emergency aft dense rains successful nan northeast caused flash flooding, officials said.

Western Union County, New Jersey, was experiencing life-threatening flash flooding by storms that were astir stationary Monday evening, nan National Weather Service agency for nan New York City region said.

“Please enactment indoors and debar unnecessary travel,” New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said successful announcing he was declaring a authorities of emergency owed to nan dense rainfall. “Stay safe, New Jersey.”

Cars thrust trhrough flooded roads successful New York City connected Monday.Courtesy Sophia Maltese

All 5 boroughs of New York City were nether a flash flood informing Monday night.

Emergency guidance officials warned residents of basement apartments to beryllium fresh to leave.

“If you unrecorded successful a basement apartment, enactment alert. Flash flooding tin hap pinch small warning, including overnight,” New York City Emergency Management said connected X. “Keep a phone, flashlight, and Go Bag nearby. Be fresh to move to higher ground.”

Video connected societal media showed group wading retired into floodwaters supra their knees Monday successful New Providence, New Jersey, astir 10 miles westbound of Newark.

Early rainfall reports Monday evening successful New York City included 1.67 inches successful Staten Island and 1.47 inches successful nan Chelsea vicinity of Manhattan, New York City Emergency Management said connected X astatine astir 7:30 p.m. — and it cautioned much rainfall was forecast Monday night.

LaGuardia International Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport some reported formation disruptions owed to nan weather, and John F. Kennedy Airport warned of imaginable problems. All 3 airports led successful cancellations Monday nighttime on search website FlightAware.

Standing h2o connected nan Cross Bronx Expressway caused nan postulation artery to beryllium closed successful some directions astatine Macombs Road, emergency officials said.

There was besides opinionated h2o connected FDR Drive that was causing delays Monday night, arsenic good arsenic opinionated h2o connected Harlem River Drive, nan metropolis warned.

New York City Transit said it was moving connected flooding astatine aggregate subway stations successful Queens. E, M and R trains were "severely disrupted," nan agency said. The Staten Island Railway suspended work successful some directions successful nan confederate portion of nan borough because of floods.

The National Weather Service warned earlier Monday that showers and thunderstorms could bring rainfall rates of up to 2 inches an hour, and up to 3 inches successful full could autumn successful nan New York City area.

"Much of this could autumn successful only 3 to 4 hours, causing isolated to scattered instances of flash flooding," nan upwind work said.

At astir 7:40 p.m., nan upwind work warned that an further 1 to 2 inches, connected apical of nan rainfall that already fell, could deed nan city.

Jamaica, Flushing, Rockaway Beach, Great Neck, John F. Kennedy Airport and Bayside were among nan New York City areas expected to spot flooding, nan upwind work said successful nan flash flood informing issued Monday.