Update: Severe flooding occurring now in NYC. No flights arriving or departing from any of the NYC metro airports due to storms & flooding – some flights being diverted to Boston Logan International Airport.
🇺🇸⚠️ — BREAKING: All flight activity at Newark Liberty International Airport is currently suspended due to severe flooding from tonight’s storm. All passengers are being diverted from ground-level flooded areas | @OneJerseySchorr pic.twitter.com/boAAGaNi98
— Belaaz (@TheBelaaz) September 2, 2021
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has declared a state of emergency as the remnants of Hurricane Ida batter the tri-state area.
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Rainfall rates of at least 3 to 5 inches an hour in northeast New Jersey and portions of New York City are being reported, as the remnants of Hurricane Ida move through the tri-state area.
Newark Airport (EWR) reported 3.24 inches between 8 and 9pm alone, with a half an inch of rain being reported in just 6 minutes, the National Weather Service reported.
The attached videos are just a sample of extreme flooding around the NY/NJ area. In one video below an Elizabeth NJ resident can be seen completely stuck in a flooded car waiting to be rescued by kayak.
Brooklyn, New York. 9.1.21 pic.twitter.com/GYLohuaPBH
— David G. Greenfield (@NYCGreenfield) September 2, 2021
🇺🇸 — WILD FOOTAGE: Heavy flooding at Chai Urgent Care on Bedford Ave in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. pic.twitter.com/jYJnfi47sT
— Belaaz (@TheBelaaz) September 2, 2021
🇺🇸 — WATCH: Severe Floodings at Flushing Ave and Spencer St in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
— Belaaz (@TheBelaaz) September 2, 2021
🇺🇸⚠️ — VIDEO: Heavy flooding in Boro Park, Brooklyn. pic.twitter.com/40SpypH5GA
— Belaaz (@TheBelaaz) September 2, 2021
Serious flooding in #brooklyn from #Ida pic.twitter.com/X1xn47IwdM
— Unequal Scenes (@UnequalScenes) September 2, 2021
🇺🇸 — DEVELOPING: Serious flooding now at a subway station in Midtown Manhattan — The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning for New York NY, Brooklyn NY, Queens NY until 12:00 AM.
— Belaaz (@TheBelaaz) September 2, 2021
🇺🇸⚠️ — VIDEO: Ongoing water rescue in Monsey, #NY, due to severe #flooding caused by tropical storm #Ida. pic.twitter.com/gx63AY11pT
— Belaaz (@TheBelaaz) September 2, 2021