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NEW YORK — A record-breaking downpour dumped over half a foot of paralyzing rain across New York City on Friday, snarling travel by land, across the city subways and at major airports. Both Gov ...
Videos highlight the flooding in upstate New York caused by the remnants of Tropical Storm Debby, revealing damage and submerged streets. The intense downpours have led to dramatic scenes of water ...
Hoboken, New Jersey, and other cities and towns around New York City also experienced flooding. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy called for state offices to close at 3 p.m., except for essential personnel.
A baseball game at Yankee Stadium between the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles was postponed. [30] One fatality and one injury occurred after a weather-related crash on Interstate 495. [31] A state of emergency was declared for Suffolk County, and for the town of Brookhaven, [3] and Islip mayor Thomas Croci signed a state of emergency ...
Twenty-three million people were under flood watches across parts of New Jersey, New York and Connecticut on Friday morning with flash flood warnings in effect for parts of Long Island, Brooklyn ...
Specific damage totals for New York are unknown, although the storm in its entirety causes $460 million (1954 USD) in damage. [32] September 10, 1954: Hurricane Edna tracks to the east of Long Island producing 9 inches (230 mm) of rain. [3] Prior to the storm, New York City orders an emergency standby for the majority of its hospitals, and subways.
The record for days without rain, is 36 consecutive days, between October 10 and November 13, 1924. [4] The most rainfall in 24 hours was 8.28 in (210.3 mm) on September 23, 1882. [23] In winter, on occasion, the city can see snow. Annually, most snow in New York City occurs from December through late March.
NEW YORK (AP) — Heavy rain spawned extreme flooding in New York’s Hudson Valley that killed at least one person, swamped roadways and forced road closures on Sunday night, as much of the rest ...