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Severe storms in New York City area kill two in New Jersey floods

Severe storms in New York City area kill two in New Jersey floods

The Herald4 days ago
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.
The intense rainfall caused widespread travel disruption across the region's airports, highways and railways.
More than 5cm of rain were recorded in a single hour in Manhattan's Central Park, the second most for a 60-minute period in history, according to mayor Eric Adams.
Videos showed flooding in several subway stations on Monday evening, including a geyser of water spewing into a station on Manhattan's West Side.
Officials said the subway system was simply overwhelmed by the amount of rainfall in such a short amount of time. The antiquated sewer system can handle around 4.44cm of rainfall per hour, Rohit Aggarwala, the city's environmental protection commissioner, told reporters on Tuesday, compared with a rate of more than 10cm an hour at the storm's peak.
"I probably don't recall seeing that level of rain before," Adams said.
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