Record rainfall from Hurricane Ida left NYC subways, roads, and buses completely submerged Wednesday night!
Though today’s weather is gorgeous, Wednesday night was an entirely different story. NYC experienced severe flooding that led to the city’s first-ever flash flood emergency and Mayor Bill de Blasio to declare a state of emergency.
In case you didn’t catch the crazy downpour from Hurricane Ida, here are some jaw-dropping videos taken by New Yorkers of the storm:
https://twitter.com/SubwayCreatures/status/1433255430386487298
https://twitter.com/aslan_rose/status/1433264436739989504
https://twitter.com/YossiGestetner/status/1433289067257491460
Subway station are flooding. No Subway service. Flash flooding till 3am and it keeps going. / En la ciudad de Nueva York las estaciones del metro estan llenas de agua. Servicio publico suspendido #flooding #NewYorkCity #nycsubway #NuevaYork #NYC #NewYork #subway pic.twitter.com/QH8jW3A4eZ
— Velvet_firegoddess (@velvet_fire20) September 2, 2021
And it wasn’t just the subways! Buses, streets and homes experienced major flooding as well.
A bus of people trying to make it home – New York City#flashflooding #FlashFloodEmergency #flood #floods #flooding #ClimateEmergency #ida #hurricanida #NewJersey #newyork #Brooklyn #nycweather #nycflood #NYCFlooding pic.twitter.com/Ck0OQTbvus
— 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚𝐫 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐚 🇮🇳 (@Bhabanisankar02) September 2, 2021
https://twitter.com/HockeyHoundShow/status/1433283914282553345
The LIE right now. #nyc #flooding pic.twitter.com/WKKf3VNMUF
— Arnold Davick (@ArnoldNYCTV) September 2, 2021
This is what it looked like in Woodside, Queens, New York City last night as the rain was falling. #NewYorkCity #NYC #NYCFlooding. @CBSNews @cbsnewspath @CBSNewsRadio pic.twitter.com/1sgCvcsk72
— Matt Pieper (@MattPieper) September 2, 2021
Bronx River Pkwy 🚨🗽🌊 #NYCFlooding pic.twitter.com/Y0Mf0hvoQa
— Tesla New York (@TeslaNY) September 2, 2021
@laukhanae Concrete jungle where dreams are made of, there’s nothing you can do. #hurricaneida #nycflood
@jacklynmarval This is a nightmare 😞 massive flooding in NYC. Stay safe everyone. #nyc #floodwarning
Even the US Open…
@whatisnewyorkofficial Let’s check in with the US Open 😬 #whatisnewyork #usopen #Ida #fyp #foryoupage #iloveny #storm #flashflood #nyc #newyork
Central Park was hit with a record-breaking 7.19” of rainfall!
https://twitter.com/PSG0071/status/1433447735521431552
Bethesda Fountain in Central Park flooded from Hurricane Ida.#NYC #NYCFlooding pic.twitter.com/cmj6AGVekl
— Eric Rihlmann (@ericrihlmann) September 2, 2021
And of course there were some only in NYC moments…
#Flood trouble for some & fun for some.
Somewhere in New York.#NYCFlooding #NewJersey #flooding
#NY #NYC #NewYorkCity #Ida #HurricaneIda #NJwx #flashflooding #Emergency #tornadowarnings pic.twitter.com/khaOqvmxCn— Siraj Noorani (@sirajnoorani) September 2, 2021
@overtime I really appreciate the service but this is too tough. (Via unknown) #shoutoutot
♬ Hey Jesus loves you so much repent and turn to him – Gabriel Storm
Trash everywhere, every other street flooded. What a mess #brooklyn #ida #flashflooding #flood #floods #flooding #ClimateEmergency #hurricanida #NewJersey #newyork #NYCFlooding #floodwater pic.twitter.com/HfhklH1tEA
— 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚𝐫 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐚 🇮🇳 (@Bhabanisankar02) September 2, 2021
City workers have helped day and night to restore NYC and thanks to them, service on nearly all subway lines have returned besides a partial suspension on the 6. Recovery efforts are being made to support all of those affected by the storm and Governor Hochul has requested a Federal Emergency Declaration for 14 downstate counties to help New Yorkers in need.