{"id":82108,"date":"2021-09-02T08:14:50","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T12:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=82108"},"modified":"2021-09-02T08:14:50","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T12:14:50","slug":"ida-flash-floods-new-york-city-unprecedented-subway-flooding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=82108","title":{"rendered":"Ida Flash Floods New York City, Unprecedented Subway Flooding"},"content":{"rendered":"

Flash flooding causes mayhem on NYC streets and subways<\/strong><\/h1>\n


\nBy Jesse O\u2019Neill
\nNew York Post<\/p>\n

The New York subway stations were submerged in water on Wednesday night, as flash flooding turned platforms and stairwells into waterfalls as the century-old system ground to a halt.<\/p>\n

The remains of Hurricane Ida left a path of destruction in New Jersey, tearing homes to pieces. The storm swept through NYC, flooding apartments and turning streets into rivers from Park Slope to the Cross Bronx Expressway.<\/p>\n

At least a half dozen subway trains stuck between stations were evacuated, according to the MTA, which said service remained \u201cvery limited\u201d Thursday morning due to historic rainfall which dumped as many as six inches of rain on the city in a matter of hours.<\/p>\n

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At least\u00a0four people were killed<\/a>\u00a0in Brooklyn and Queens after being trapped in basements when the floodwater surged, according to law enforcement sources.<\/p>\n

At the 28th Street station in the Flatiron district of Manhattan, geyser-like volumes of rainwater were seen gushing from below in shocking images\u00a0tweeted by @SubwayCreatures<\/a>. Rapids from the onslaught of rain overran the platform and spewed onto the tracks, footage showed.<\/p>\n

Further uptown on the 1 line, rainwater could be seen cascading down the steps of the abandoned 145th Street station and flooding the platform and ticketing area with many inches of water, according to footage\u00a0tweeted by NTD News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Flash flooding caused water to pour into the 28th Street subway station.<\/figcaption>
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Flooding at Manhattan\u2019s 28th Street subway station nearly challenged the height of the station\u2019s benches.<\/figcaption>
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A man walks through a flooded street in NYC on Sept. 2, 2021.<\/figcaption>
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A taxi drives through the flooded NYC streets on Sept. 2, 2021.<\/figcaption>
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Democratic City Council hopeful Shaun Abreu said it was the second time the station was \u201cincapacitated\u201d by rainwater in recent days.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy is this happening?,\u201d\u00a0the candidate tweeted<\/a>. \u201cBecause trash is allowed to build up in and around the station, blocking drainage. Because we have neglected our infrastructure for decades and it has reached its limit. Because climate change is creating conditions that our city was not built to withstand.\u201d<\/p>\n

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An FDNY firefighter directs people stranded at a subway entrance during flash flooding.<\/figcaption>
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Members from FDNY rescue a woman from her car stuck in the middle of a flash flood caused by Hurricane Ida in New York City.<\/figcaption>
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A fallen tree slammed into this a vehicle after Ida hit NYC.<\/figcaption>
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Another user compared the scene at the Jefferson Avenue L station to a car wash, as hundreds of gallons of water breached the station and drenched a passing train.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis flooding has to be doing an incredible amount of damage to the NYC subway system,\u201d\u00a0Mike Saccone wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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