Sea Lion Sally Escapes Enclosure at Central Park Zoo Due to Heavy Rain

Sally briefly escaped from her enclosure at the Central Park Zoo in New York this Friday, swimming out of her pool due to heavy rain.

A sea lion, known as Sally, briefly escaped last Friday from her enclosure at the New York Zoo in Central Park, in the United States, swimming out of her pool due to the heavy rains that are ravaging the city and causing flooding.

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Workers monitored Sally’s movements as she explored the area around the enclosure before joining the zoo’s two other sea lions in the pool, one of the workers supervising the enclosure told The New York Times.

This same worker explained that at 3:00 p.m. (local time) the water in the zoo had already gone down and all the animals were in their enclosures. During the rains no staff have been in danger and the city’s four zoos have been closed so they could focus on keeping the animals safe.

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A witness who works in an office overlooking the zoo explained that the escape of the sea lion was an unusual situation. “When we got to our office, everything was pretty flooded,” she said. “We watched her explore around the compound and then go back inside,” she added.

The governor of New York, Kathy Hochul, declared this Friday a state of emergency due to the rains that are causing flash flooding in several areas including the Big Apple, where the subway system, bus systems and roads have been affected.

Floods in New York

Hochul told the ABC7 channel this Friday that the “epicenter” of the storm is in Brooklyn and recalled that “flash floods are unpredictable” and can be deadly, so he recommended that the population stay at home and not take their vehicles, which They can become death traps.

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He also warned that “all state agencies will provide the necessary resources to address this extreme weather event.”

The area of ​​​​the Hudson Valley, in the north of the state, and Long Island, in the east, where it is estimated that the water could reach 13 centimeters, and the five boroughs of New York City, where the They could reach up to 23 centimeters, according to NBC

At noon, even though it had stopped raining, New York Mayor Eric Adams urged people to stay home if possible. “It’s not over, and I don’t want those periods when the torrential rain stops to make us think it’s over,” he said at a news conference. He and Hochul, both Democrats, declared a state of emergency.

Floods in New York

At the moment, no material or human damage has been reported, but there are interruptions on New York City subway lines, suspended lines on the MetroNorth railroad, and delays on buses heading to New Jersey from Manhattan.

Traffic came to a standstill, with water above car tires, on a stretch of FDR Drive — one of the main arteries along the eastern side of Manhattan. Some drivers abandoned their vehicles.

LaGuardia Airport in Queens has also been affected, where access to a terminal has been closed, while local media report flight delays at the three airports in the New York metropolitan area.

Videos shared on social networks by New Yorkers early in the morning show flooded streets in Brooklyn, in which the water reaches half the height of the cars, as well as buses with floors full of water and subway stations in which they fall. jets of water from the ceiling.

(With information from AP, EFE and Europa Press)

2023-09-30 12:56:00


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