By SudOuest.fr with AFP
Several subway stations were inundated and major thoroughfares cut off Thursday in New York City, where further flooding threatened Friday with the expected arrival of Storm Elsa
Between 5 and 10 cm of water fell during a series of thunderstorms in New York and its region Thursday, July 8, according to National Weather Service (NWS), national weather service, “causing considerable flash flooding in some places “.
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Subway users posted videos of some flooded stations on Twitter. We see people with water up to their waists, somehow crossing a blackish pool to reach the docks.
Some major roads, especially in the Bronx, have been temporarily closed, disrupting traffic when leaving offices. New York police have tweeted images where they are seen rescuing motorists stuck in the water. Another person was filmed on his jet ski, in the middle of Brooklyn.
The NWS warned of possible new flooding this Friday, with the expected arrival on the northeast of heavy rains brought by storm Elsa, coming from Florida.
Despite work undertaken to fortify the city against flooding since Hurricane Sandy in October 2012, New York, a city surrounded by water, remains very vulnerable to flooding, the frequency of which is set to increase with climate change.
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