“Outside was like a lake, like an ocean." “I was so worried,” she told The Associated Press. Queen's resident Joy Wong watched as water lapped against the front door of her building today. ET) Flooding Brings Back Memories Of Ida's Horror of Environmental Protections Commissioner, said in a news conference earlier today. “The sad reality is our climate is changing faster than our infrastructure can respond," Rohit Aggarwala, NYC Dept. Cities, including New York City, are struggling to keep up. could face more instances of dangerous flooding. The increase comes in the wake of increasing global temperatures that scientists say is brought on by greenhouse gas emissions like carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels for transportation and electricity. is measuring 6% more precipitation now than it did a century ago. ET) Climate Change Is Driving More Intense Rainfall Sunday will be the clear pick for any outdoor activities with much better conditions. Onshore winds will be slower to calm down, but coastal flooding from Delaware to Long Island will gradually recede this weekend. ET) Weather Will Improve Into The Weekendįrom digital meteorologist Jonathan Belles: The tri-state region will dry out and warm up through the weekend as the storm system shifts eastward. Here's a look at our live updates from Friday: (6:33 p.m. "Thankfully this storm system had somewhere to go and didn't sit on the city for an extended stay," Belles said. ![]() Others drove past a floating car on the Prospect Expressway during their morning commute in Brooklyn.Īnd at Central Park Zoo, a female sea lion swam about freely in floodwaters outside her pool. Some trudged and biked through the rising waters, despite being warned to stay inside. (MORE: New York Flooding By The Numbers )Īmong it all, New Yorkers did their best to persevere. ![]() "This shows that everyone should be ready for high-impact flooding events regardless of whether or not a name is attached to an event or not." "This unnamed storm system brought the wettest day to parts of the New York City metro on record and also dropped rain at rates not seen since Ida," digital meteorologist Jonathan Belles said. Some who survived Ida watched as water again filled the basements of their buildings. Residents, meanwhile, were reminded of the nightmare flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Ida two years ago. (MORE: How The New York Flood Happened ) The city also declared a state of emergency, as did New Jersey Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency across New York City, Long Island and the Hudson Valley due to extreme rainfall and flooding. Waves of water washed through Brooklyn streets, most of New York City's subways came to a standstill and people had to be rescued from vehicles in waist-deep water as torrential rainfall fell in the NYC metro Friday. Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletter to get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists.
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