New York and New Jersey flash flooding, rain
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Flooding caused delays on multiple New York City subway lines Monday as torrential rain pummeled the Tri-State Area.
Much of the U.S., including North Carolina, has experienced a significant increase in intense rainfall and widespread flooding throughout July, often unrelated to tropical systems and impacting areas outside designated floodplains.
The century-old system is being hit with more powerful and frequent storms, and it will take a multiagency effort to fix it.
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The New Republic on MSNNew York City Subways Flooded (Again). Blame Trump’s Funding Cuts.Republicans’ frantic project to end “woke” climate research has led them to axe funding aimed at helping mass transit cope with extreme weather events.
The heavy downpours wreaked havoc across the city with footage showing commuters overwhelmed by floodwaters in various subway stations.
Two people died in New Jersey after their car was swept into a brook. Public transit was largely running normally a day after the subway system flooded in New York. Officials warned aging infrastructure remained susceptible to extreme weather.
Heavy rainfall flooded portions of New York and New Jersey, with videos on social media showing a subway station inundated with floodwaters.
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Another round of showers and thunderstorms is slowly moving across the Mid-Atlantic Tuesday evening, after intense rain set off dangerous flash flooding from Virginia to New York on Monday, leaving at least two dead and prompting dozens of rescues as water overwhelmed roads and subways.