One of New York’s wettest days in decades has left the metropolitan area stunned and swamped. Heavy rainfall on Friday knocked out several subway and commuter rail lines, stranded drivers on highways, flooded basements and shuttered a terminal at LaGuardia Airport for hours.
  • Semi-Hemi-Demigod
    27•1 year ago

    killed at least 13 people in New York City, mostly in flooded basement apartments.

    That’s some nightmare fuel

    • @ForgetReddit
      17•1 year ago

      Living in a basement apartment in nyc, can confirm it sucks ass

    • @deranger
      14•1 year ago

      Important to note quote is referring to the last flood.

      No fatalities with this flood, people heeded the warning.

      What could have been a life-threatening event was averted, she said, because many people heeded early calls to stay put or head for higher ground before it was too late. As a result, Hochul said, “No lives were lost.”