Heavy rains resulted in flooding across many parts of the New York City region on Friday, prompting a state of emergency and strict warning from NYC Mayor Eric Adams.
Heavy rain has shut down sections of New York City's subway system and flooded streets and highways. FOX 5 NY’s Antwan Lewis reports.Rain walloped the New York metropolitan area with a startling punch Friday, knocking out several subway and commuter rail lines, stranding drivers on highways, flooding basements and shuttering a terminal at LaGuardia Airport for hours in one of the city's wettest days in decades.
Almost 7 inches of rain had fallen in parts of Brooklyn by midday, with at least one spot seeing 2.5 inches in a single hour, according to weather and city officials. The nearly 8 inches at John F. Kennedy Airport surpassed its record for any September day, a bar set during Hurricane Donna in 1960, the National Weather Service said.Mayor Eric Adams issued a state of emergency for NYC Friday afternoon. His message to New Yorkers: "If you are at home, stay home.
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