Considerable flash flooding occurred in parts of New York City, the result of a series of thunderstorms accompanied by heavy rains that hit the city on Thursday. Preview in six unusual scenes, from the jet-ski session in the Bronx to the very difficult traffic for users of subway stations underwater.
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Between 5 and 10 centimeters of water fell during a series of thunderstorms in New York and its region Thursday afternoon, said the National Weather Service (NWS), the national weather service, causing flooding.
Subway users have posted on Twitter video images of some flooded stations, particularly impressive in the 157th Street station, north of Manhattan.
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We see people with waist-deep water, somehow crossing a blackish pool to reach the docks.
“Lines 1 and A have really taken a hit, with a lot of flooding in the stations”, recognized Thursday evening Sarah Feinberg, patron of the MTA, New York public transport authority, during a press briefing.
Motorists stuck by water
Some major roads, especially in the Bronx, have been temporarily closed, disrupting traffic when leaving the office. New York police tweeted footage of her rescuing motorists stranded by the waters.
The NWS warned of possible new flooding by this Friday morning, with the expected arrival on the northeast of heavy rains brought by storm Elsa, came from Florida.
Despite work undertaken to fortify the city against the floods since Hurricane Sandy in October 2012 – which killed 44 people and paralyzed the American economic capital for days – New York, a city surrounded by water, remains very vulnerable to flooding, the frequency of which must increase with climate change.
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Several managers, dont Eric Adams, Brooklyn president and big favorite for the November municipal election since winning the Democratic primary this week, on Thursday night called for urgent investments to fortify infrastructure.
“Extreme weather episodes like this will not go away”, warned one of his opponents in the primary, Kathryn Garcia, who supervised the pumping of water after Sandy. “We have to invest in strategies to protect the city. “
