Widespread flash flooding grinds New York City to halt amid record-breaking rain
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(Worthy News) – One of New York City’s wettest days in decades left the nation’s largest city stunned and swamped as Tropical Storm Ophelia’s remnants pushed onshore Friday.
The already heavily saturated region received several inches of rain within hours across all five boroughs of the city, knocking out several subway and commuter rail lines, stranding drivers on highways, flooding basements and even shutting a terminal at LaGuardia Airport for hours.
New York City, Long Island, and Hudson Valley, had widespread rainfall between 4 and 6 inches, with some areas experiencing well over 7 inches of rain. [ Source: Fox Weather (Read More…) ]
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