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September 30, 2023 at 6:39 AM. New York Governor Kathy Hochul has declared a State of Emergency as flash flooding wreaks havoc across New York City caused by torrential rain pummelling the ...
A map of 24-hour rainfall totals, from 9 p.m. EDT Thursday to 9 p.m. EDT Friday, shows the excessive rainfall amounts across New York City, leading to travel chaos on Friday.
The rainfall was coming down at a rate of one to 2.5 inches an hour in some places. From 8am- 9am, the Brooklyn Navy Yard received 2.58in of rain, said Rohit Aggarwala, Commissioner of New York ...
Ninth Avenue derailment. Lexington Avenue explosion. 2006 plane crash. Great Fire of New York (1835) 2007 steam explosion. Harlem riot of 1964. US Airways Flight 1549. This is a list of disasters that have occurred in New York City organized by death toll. The list is general and comprehensive, comprising natural disasters (including epidemics ...
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.It is owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, [14] an affiliate agency of the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). [15]
June 22, 1972: Hurricane Agnes makes landfall near New York City and produces up to 12 inches (300 mm) of rain in Southeastern New York State and much of Western New York, with locally higher amounts. Storm tides of 3.1 feet (1 m) and wind gusts of 55 miles per hour (89 km/h) occur in New York City, and severe river flooding causes 24 deaths.
A state of emergency was declared across areas of New York on Friday as storms poured into the tristate area, flooding streets, homes and businesses as this became the wettest September in New ...
The National Weather Service's New York City office issued its first ever flash flood emergency in response to severe flooding in northeastern New Jersey, followed an hour later by the first flash flood emergency ever for New York City itself. [152] An EF3 tornado destroyed multiple homes in Mullica Hill, New Jersey. [153]