A road through Central Park was dotted with cars that had been abandoned after getting stuck in the floodwaters. “All non-emergency vehicles must be off NYC streets and highways,” the emergency management office said on Twitter. Just before 1 a.m., the city issued a travel ban in effect until 5 a.m.
Mayor Bill de Blasio declared a state of emergency just before 11:30 p.m., saying New York City was “enduring a historic weather event” with “record breaking rain across the city, brutal flooding and dangerous conditions on our roads.” He warned New Yorkers: “Stay inside.” The National Weather Service issued a flash flood emergency in New York City for the first time.Īt least two deaths were reported in the flooding, one in Queens and one in Passaic, N.J. The rain on Wednesday night - 3.1 inches in Central Park within an hour - shattered the record set only last week, when 1.94 inches of rain fell in the park during Tropical Storm Henri. Open in Queens when the rain came into the roofed stadium sideways. The remnants of Hurricane Ida barreled into the New York City region on Wednesday evening with furious, wind-driven rain that all but halted subway service, splintered homes in New Jersey, raised a tornado warning for the Bronx, and delayed the U.S. Go here for the latest on deadly flooding in New York. The risk of any severe thunderstorms has subsided, the weather service said.The remnants of Hurricane Ida continued to advance through the Mid-Atlantic toward southern New England, creating at least one tornado and hazardous flooding conditions in the region. North Jersey forecast: What to expect Tuesday as nor'easter hits North Jersey Winds from 15 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph will occur along the coast on Tuesday. Winds from the northeast to the northwest will range from 10 to 20 mph with gusts over 30 mph away from the state's coastline, according to DiMartino. "Rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches with locally higher amounts are expected throughout the region." "The area of low pressure will intensify over New Jersey coastal waters and south of Long Island with waves of moderate to very heavy rainfall Tuesday," said Steven DiMartino, a private meteorologist with NY NJ PA Weather.
First responders continue to work to rescue multiple cars trapped in water and clear local streets. Monmouth, Middlesex and Ocean counties, as well as areas north of the I-78 corridor are at the greatest risk of flash flooding, the weather service said.
Sussex and Morris counties are expected to receive an additional 2 to 3 inches of heavy rain Tuesday, forecaster said. Between an inch to two inches of rain has already fallen in many northern counties and these areas are likely to receive an additional 1 to 2 inches of beginning Tuesday morning. for the northeast part of the state, forecasters said. Steady and heavy rainfall is expected to begin around 4 p.m. "The exact location and movement of a slow moving band of heavy rain with embedded thunderstorms through this afternoon will determine whether and where a swath of 5 to 6 inches of rainfall totals," the National Weather Service's New York office said, which covers the five northeast counties including Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Union and Passaic counties.
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