One of New York’s wettest days in decades has left the metropolitan area stunned and swamped. Heavy rainfall on Friday knocked out several subway and commuter rail lines, stranded drivers on highways, flooded basements and shuttered a terminal at LaGuardia Airport for hours.
    • deranger@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Important to note quote is referring to the last flood.

      No fatalities with this flood, people heeded the warning.

      What could have been a life-threatening event was averted, she said, because many people heeded early calls to stay put or head for higher ground before it was too late. As a result, Hochul said, “No lives were lost.”