Rain totals exceeded 5 inches in parts of the Bronx and Northern New Jersey.
Police rescued six people from a Queens highway on Tuesday night as flooding inundated local roads and low-lying areas in parts of New York City and Northern New Jersey.Aries Dela Cruz, a spokesperson for NYC Emergency Management, told Gothamist on Tuesday night that first responders had rescued a handful of other car passengers on the Henry Hudson Hudson Parkway, which runs from Manhattan’s Upper West Side to Westchester County, and Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx.
As of early Wednesday morning, the NYPD had reported no injuries or deaths related to the storms that swept through the area starting on Tuesday afternoon. The FDNY said it had responded to numerous calls overnight from people experiencing water leaks and needing assistance, but also reported no injuries or deaths.
In Hackensack, New Jersey, the fire department said on Tuesday night that “nearly half the city” was flooded, and urged people to avoid the area. “If you're out on the road find a diner somewhere to eat or a dry spot and just wait till the water recedes,” the department said in a By 11:30 p.m., Fordham in the Bronx had one of the highest rainfall totals in all five boroughs, reporting more than 5 inches of rain,LaGuardia Airport in Queens got just under 2 inches of rainfall, as did Central Park. Meanwhile, Bogota, New Jersey, which is located near Hackensack in Bergen County, recorded nearly 5.5 inches of rain.reported residual delays on its Morris and Essex lines early on Wednesday morning, citing “downed trees in the overhead wires.
Overnight, there were more than 1,370 flight cancelations and more than 970 flight delays at LaGuardia, JFK and Newark airports,Brittany Kriegstein covers all breaking news around New York City, with a focus on crime and gun violence. Got a tip? Email Brittany atJaclyn writes data-driven health and science stories for WNYC/Gothamist. She also runs Gothamist's COVID data dashboards. She is an alumna of the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism.
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