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Brooklyn Queens Expressway flooded. Friday 29 September 2023 16:20, Oliver O'Connell. Multiple major road closures due to flooding. Friday 29 September 2023 16:29, Oliver O'Connell. FDR Drive ...
If New York City picks up more than 7.13 inches of rain over the 24-hour period on Friday, it will eclipse the record rainfall that fell from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on Sept. 1, 2021.
Following the floods, New York governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency for the five boroughs of New York City, as well as parts of the Hudson Valley and Long Island. New York City mayor Eric Adams declared a state of emergency for the city. [67] [33] The New York Army National Guard was deployed. [68]
A day after New Yorkers found themselves swamped in flooded subways and soaking in waterlogged basements, some wondered why they weren’t given more advance warning of the Friday storm that shut ...
Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive, commonly known as the FDR Drive, is a controlled-access parkway on the east side of the New York City borough of Manhattan.It starts near South and Broad Streets, just north of the Battery Park Underpass, and runs north along the East River to the 125th Street / Robert F. Kennedy Bridge interchange, where it becomes Harlem River Drive.
Stuyvesant Cove Park is a 1.9-acre (7,700 m 2) public park on the East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan that runs from 18th Street to 23rd Street between the FDR Drive and the East River.
In pictures: Chaos after New York and New Jersey storms. 08:30, Kelly Rissman. All rain, no storm surge “What’s frightening about this flooding on the FDR is that ALL OF THIS WATER IS FROM RAIN.
Hoboken, New Jersey, and other cities and towns around New York City also experienced flooding. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy called for state offices to close at 3 p.m., except for essential personnel.