Heavy rain caused serious flooding across the region on Friday
Image via Pixabay.comA torrential rainstorm has swamped New York - shutting down parts of the subway system, flooding highways and delaying some flights.
A state of emergency has been declared - with footage on social media showing water pouring into underground stations, and streets turned into small lakes.
The pouring rain that hit New York City and the surrounding region on Friday caused flash floods and crippled the city’s vast subway system. Water rushed over major roadways, submerging cars. In schools, children were rushed to upper floors. https://t.co/aLxN2VWtcm pic.twitter.com/aK4Bzxt4H3
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Water was seen bursting from walls and rushing down the stairs leading to the 7th Avenue subway station on the border of Prospect Heights and Park Slope. https://t.co/VCVf61aYTa pic.twitter.com/V8xEU49FSI
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In Williamsburg, motorists and pedestrians had to navigate floodwaters more than a foot high in some areas. https://t.co/VCVf61aYTa pic.twitter.com/FB6hOS04fK
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Meteorologist Johnathan Porter says the weather should start to calm down from next week.
"The whole system slowly moves east and then it looks like a prolonged stretch of mainly dry and rain free weather next week across much of the east United States."
