Big Apple Washout!
Water accumulating at subway stations of City Hall, Borough Hall in Brooklyn, and the World Trade Center.
“Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.”
― Bill Watterson, The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book.
This is exactly what I did on this rainy day.
Heavy rains brought flash floods to New York on Friday 5th May 2017. It also brought the usual chaos at the local airports and NYC subways where the rain water accumulated all over New York.
Heavy rains brought flash floods to New York on Friday 5th May 2017. It also brought the usual chaos at the local airports and NYC subways where the rain water accumulated all over New York.
Workers clean up the flooding that forced a shut-down of the main strairway entrance to New York's Penn Station on Friday
The flash floods are wreaking havoc with the roadways, as officials are urging motorists not to drive unless absolutely necessary
Heavy rains brought flash floods that are likely to hamper the afternoon commute home in the New York metropolitan area on Friday. Two people are seen standing in a flooded street in Hoboken, New Jersey, on Friday
Emergency alerts were sent to cellphones in the city at about noon Friday with a warning about flash floods
A man braves the heavy rain by donning a waterproof coat and riding his bicycle through the streets of Manhattan on Friday
Water is seen coming out of a drainage pipe along a soaked Manhattan street on Friday. Rain was likely to soak much of the region through the early afternoon. Isolated thunderstorms are also possible
A man is seen above walking through Manhattan on Friday. Residual scattered showers are possible over the course of the weekend
By 1:10pm, two inches of rain had already accumulated in Central Park, according to the National Weather Service
Though the worst of the rain appears to be over, it will take several hours for water to recede and residual complications are expected as the area dries out
Heavy rain and strong winds battered the tri-state area Friday, flooding parts of New York City and New Jersey within minutes and prompting up to 4-hour delays at tri-state airports
An employee is seen above standing against a wall at Penn Station to try and keep out of the rain in midtown Manhattan on Friday
A New York Police officer stands in the flooded West Side Highway after heavy rain soaked Manhattan on Friday afternoon
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