The rain was heavy on Monday, and the scene at Dyckman Street was familiar: a rush of water pouring into a subway station from the ceiling and flooding the tracks. "We’re enduring an historic weather event tonight with record breaking rain across the city, brutal flooding and dangerous conditions on our roads," New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said while declaring a state of emergency in New York City late Wednesday.The 149th Street station after Hurricane Ida. New York City and New Jersey were slammed with torrential rains and extreme flooding that began Wednesday afternoon and continued through Thursday morning. RELATED: State of Emergency in NYC, NY, NJ due to historic flooding Lora.Įarly Thursday morning, the NYPD tweeted photos of the rescue of a disabled man and his dog stranded in three feet of water inside a basement. The storm ultimately dumped over 9 inches (23 cm) of rain in parts of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and nearly as much on New York City’s Staten Island.īack in New Jersey, a search and rescue effort was expected to be launched later in the day for two people who may have been swept away into the Passaic River, said Passaic Mayor Hector C.
The city's Central Park ended up getting 3.15 inches just in one hour, surpassing the previous recorded high of 1.94 inches (5 cm) in one hour during Tropical Storm Henri on Aug. Andrew Cuomo resigned.ĭe Blasio, also a Democrat, said he'd gotten a forecast Wednesday of 3 to 6 inches (7.5 to 15 cm) of rain over the course of the day. last night, that the heavens would literally open up and bring Niagara Falls level of water to the streets of New York," said Hochul, a Democrat who became governor last week after former Gov. "We did not know that between 8:50 and 9:50 p.m. Rochelle Park was just one of hundreds of communities across New Jersey who felt the wrath of Tropical Storm Ida. Their identities have not yet been released, pending family notification.Īt around 11:59 p.m., authorities say they found 86-year-old Yue Lian Chen unconscious and unresponsive inside her flooded apartment on 84th Street in Elmhurst. The man has been identified as Roberto Bravo, of Brooklyn.Īt 11:42 p.m., police found two women and a man unconscious and unresponsive inside of a flooded basement at 153-10 Peck Avenue near East Flushing. The pair have been identified as Phamatee and Khrishah Ramskriet, both of Queens.Īt about 11:30 p.m., police discovered a 66-year-old man dead within a flooded house at 491 Ridgewood Avenue in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. The woman was rushed to Queens General Hospital where she was pronounced dead. Cops discovered a 43-year-old woman and a 22-year-old man unconscious.
She was taken to Forest Hills Hospital where she was pronounced dead.Īt about 11:15 p.m., police responded to a 911 call of a flooding condition at 90-11 183 Street in Jamaica, Queens.
Wednesday, the NYPD responded to flooding at 61-20 Grand Central Parkway in Rego Park, Queens where they found 48-year-old Darlene Hsu unconscious. Lawmakers: The Climate Crisis Has ArrivedĪs we experience more of these frequent and stronger storms, lawmakers from our area are saying they serve as evidence that the climate crisis has arrived.Īt about 10:40 p.m.
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