New York declares state of emergency as catastrophic flooding wreaks havoc

As per details, record rainfall produced immense flooding across five areas leaving streets under water, drivers stranded and subways shut down— bringing brutal inundating and dangerous conditions to the roads.

The NWS recorded 3.15 inches of rain in Central Park in one hour.

On its official twitter handle, the NWS issued the flash flood emergency around 9:30 pm local time, writing in a follow-up tweet that it was just the second time it had ever issued such an alert.  Reportedly, one person was killed amid the storm in New Jersey.

Videos showed parts of the airport, subway and roads flooded with water.

28th St & 7 Ave subway station (Chelsea, Manhattan) pic.twitter.com/2q4UQRIhm0

— Christiaan Triebert (@trbrtc) September 2, 2021

Knickerbocker Avenue in Brooklyn
New York City #Ida
pic.twitter.com/zAQ8kIIDi4

— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) September 2, 2021

Our infrastructure is not ready for climate change, a thread from tonight. 28th St. subway station pic.twitter.com/uYemJKB8yg

— Brian Kahn (@blkahn) September 2, 2021

Queens Boulevard in Maspeth/Corona is a literal river at the moment. Bus fully flooded driving through, multiple cars stuck in the water. Absolutely insane. pic.twitter.com/LuSL9uWCEl

— Joe English (@JoeEEnglish) September 2, 2021

Meanwhile, De Blasio declared a state of emergency at about 11:30pm— saying thousands of New Yorkers had lost power.

The NWS' emergency alert was sent out just as a tornado warning, also a rare weather warning for New York City, expired for the same area.

So far, there have been no reports of any tornadoes touching down in Manhattan.