Posted on 09/02/2021 8:42:12 AM PDT by blam
Update (0956ET): Well, it’s the morning after one of the worst floods in possibly a century for parts of the Northeast.
NJ.Com’s Noah Cohen tweeted images of floodwaters nearly cresting bridges in Philadelphia.
A street in Yonkers, a city on the Hudson River, is entirely underwater.
Nepperhan Ave in #Yonkers is underwater @News12WC @News12HV #floods #NYFloods pic.twitter.com/loVf4kibBH
— Nadia Galindo (@NadiaGalindoTV) September 2, 2021
Floodwaters in Rye, New York.
😔 CAR ON TOP OF CAR • RYE, NY • 7AM THURSDAY 9-2-2021
As flood waters recede, we are left with images like this. 🙏
📷: @ tommckev/IG pic.twitter.com/tJGydej8Fx
— Matt Hammer (@MattHammer12) September 2, 2021
Flash floods in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, destroyed streets.
“It looks like when you cut into a brownie and it all crumbles down … It just is unbelievable to think that this is a road.”#BREAKING
— @KaitLouiseWalsh reports on flood-damaged road in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, in the wake of Hurricane Ida. pic.twitter.com/2SkN4vwcgv
— Büyük Türk Haber Son dakika 🇹🇷 (@BuyukTurkHaber) September 2, 2021
Expect more updates on damage throughout the day.
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The remnants of Hurricane Ida triggered Flash Flood Emergencies for New York City and New Jersey late Wednesday night as torrential rain, winds, and tornados unleashed chaos across the Northeast, effectively paralyzing New York where subways were flooded and where mass transit remains largely halted. Reuters reports at least nine weather-related deaths from flash flooding in NYC and New Jersey. The deadly waters swamped subway stations, airport terminals, highways, tunnels, and baseball stadiums.
Here are some of the most recent developments courtesy of Bloomberg: •Travel Advisory in Effect on NYC Streets: 7:30 a.m. A travel advisory remains in effect in New York City, which asked all non-emergency vehicles to stay off the city’s streets and highways while clean-up continues. The city had lifted a ban on non-essential travel at 5 a.m.
•Biden to Speak About Federal Response to Ida: 7:26 a.m. President Joe Biden is scheduled to deliver remarks from the White House at 11:30 a.m. on the federal response to Hurricane Ida, which cut off power for millions and prompted gasoline shortages affecting millions of people across Louisiana. Biden plans to visit Louisiana on Friday to survey storm damage and assess the federal response.
•MTA Service ‘Largely Suspended’ in NYC: 6:56 a.m. New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority service on subway, bus and commuter rails is “largely suspended due to heavy rainfall and flooding across the region,” according to the MTA’s website. The C, E, B, Z, S and Number 3 lines were among those suspended as of 7:30 a.m. Other lines had significant delays.
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Joe Biden has lost the Mandate of Heaven ...
Where is Biden?
How can the Democrats be so uncaring?
It wasn’t the whole northeast.
Lucky me.
Didn’t I hear the same thing about another hurricane a few years ago? Rita was it? I cant remember. Storm of the century...unprecedented...never in anyone’s memory...
All 3 NYC airports operating with no delays.
Correction :
25 minute departure delays JFK.
LGA & Newark no delays.
It’s just another excuse for more of them to move to Florida.
Well everybody is complaining about the cost of used cars....
Oh, so sad, the prepper hating degenerates of the city get flooded...
As soon as the water recedes, people will run out and try to start their cars and as soon as they turn the key to on, things will fry. Might be a few smart people that will let things dry out for a few days. Tow trucks will be bust for days. Mechanics will be busy for weeks.
The next few months will not be a good time to buy a used car up in the Northeast. I bet a bunch will be shipped South, title changed to Southern state and sold.
Another “once in a century” storm... we’ve had three flood events in the last 20 years here.
Exactly!
Didn't we just have 9" of rain here last week.
Debasio and NJ leaders all touting Climate change, Clean Energy and Infrastructure and getting all the gov. aid “we deserve”.’
Another Gov. bailout to NY and NJ for their failures to control their spending.
I watched a few minutes of the press conference with the new NY governor and it basically was a lecture on global warming, or “climate change”.
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