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   On 22 Nov 2022, Richard Clayton Wieber    
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   Record-setting rain overwhelmed New York City’s sewer system Friday,   
   sending a surge of floodwater coursing through streets and into   
   basements, schools, subways and vehicles throughout the nation’s most   
   populous city.   
      
   The water rose fast and furious, catching some commuters off guard as   
   they slogged through Friday morning’s rush hour. First responders jumped   
   into action where needed, plucking people from stranded cars and   
   basements that filled like bathtubs.   
      
   More rain fell in a single day at New York’s John F. Kennedy   
   International Airport – nearly 8 inches – than any other since 1948. A   
   month’s worth of rain fell in Brooklyn in just three hours as it was   
   socked by some of the storm’s most intense rainfall rates Friday   
   morning.   
      
   Track travel delays: NYC airports hammered with heavy rain and flooding   
      
   The prolific totals are a symptom of climate change, scientists say,   
   with a warmer atmosphere acting like a massive sponge, able to sop up   
   more water vapor and then wring it out in intense spurts which can   
   easily overwhelm outdated flood protections.   
      
   “Overall, as we know, this changing weather pattern is the result of   
   climate change,” Rohit Aggarwala, New York City’s Chief Climate Officer   
   said in a Friday morning news conference. “And the sad reality is our   
   climate is changing faster than our infrastructure can respond.”   
      
   A widespread 3 to 6 inches of rain had fallen across the New York City   
   by late Friday afternoon. More rain will fall through the evening,   
   though it will gradually taper off.   
      
   New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency for New York   
   City, Long Island and the Hudson Valley Friday morning as the worst of   
   the flooding hit. In an interview with New York’s WNBC-TV she urged   
   residents to stay home because of widespread dangerous travel   
   conditions.   
      
   “This is a very challenging weather event,” Hochul said. “This a   
   life-threatening event. And I need all New Yorkers to heed that warning   
   so we can keep them safe.” New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy also declared a   
   state of emergency for his state Friday afternoon.   
      
   Firefighters performed rescues at six basements in New York City flooded   
   by torrents of water, according to the New York City Fire Department.   
      
   The water also found its way into 150 of New York City’s 1,400 schools,   
   which remained open on Friday, New York City school chancellor David   
   Banks said at a news briefing.   
      
   One school in Brooklyn evacuated when floodwater caused the school’s   
   boiler to smoke, he said.   
      
   “Our kids are safe and we continue to monitor the situation,” Banks   
   said.   
      
   Floodwater spilled into subways and onto railways and caused “major   
   disruptions,” including suspensions of service on 10 train lines in   
   Brooklyn and all three Metro-North train lines. Gov. Hochul said the   
   city was deploying additional buses to help fill the gap caused by the   
   train outages.   
      
   Cumulative amount of rain and other precipitation forecast for the next   
   seven days.   
      
   Air travel didn’t fair any better. Flight delays hit all three New York   
   City area airports Friday. Flooding inside the historic Marine Air   
   Terminal in New York’s LaGuardia airport forced it to close. The   
   terminal is the airport’s smallest and serves Spirit and Frontier   
   airlines.   
      
   A travel advisory remains in effect for New York City through 6 a.m. ET   
   Saturday with more flooding possible.   
      
   The New York tri-state area is facing a Level 3 of 4 “moderate” risk for   
   flash flooding for the rest of the day Friday, the National Weather   
   Service warned.   
      
   The flood threat stretches beyond New York City and impacts roughly 25   
   million people across the Northeast.   
      
   Heavy rain will expand north and east and impact a wide swath of   
   southern New England through Friday evening. The heaviest rain in the   
   region will center on Connecticut, where flash flood warnings were   
   already in place on Friday afternoon. Rainfall of 3 to 4 inches slammed   
   the southwestern portion of the state earlier Friday.   
      
      
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