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Storms prompted flash flood warnings across the New York City metropolitan area Monday night, with photos showing severe flooding across the city and in parts of New York state and New Jersey. Heavy rain moved through the region Monday,
Two people were killed in New Jersey during flash flooding as severe storms lashed the New York City area on Monday night into Tuesday, submerging cars and flooding subway stations.
When the train doors opened, "quite a lot of water came in, so almost all of us stood up on the seats," a passenger told Newsweek.
Storms prompted flash flood warnings across the New York City metropolitan area Monday night, with photos showing severe flooding across the city and in parts of New York state and New Jersey.
The M.T.A. is developing automatic closures for the subway system’s 39,000 air vents, according to a recent report by the authority. But those kinds of upgrades are expensive; the authority has requested an additional $6 billion for storm-water and coastal flood resilience improvements.
Footage shows wooden slats from the home on the ground with other debris. The blast took place around the same time heavy rainfall hit the northeast.
Central Texas is facing the threat of more flooding as persistent storms bring heavy rain to the area, while a separate system will unleash downpours on New York City and throughout the Mid-Atlantic.
Officials in Kerr County, Texas, met Monday as the region reels from devastating floods earlier this month — and after a new round of rain over the weekend halted the search for dozens of people still missing from the disaster.