![]() The downpour made this month the second-wettest September ever recorded - a few inches shy of the 16.85 inches that drenched the city this month in 1882 - the service noted.īarry Williams for New York Daily NewsCars lie in flood water on FDR Drive just south of E. Rain totals as of Friday evening came to nearly 7 inches in Brooklyn and Queens, 6 inches in the Bronx and 6 inches in Midtown, according to the NWS. “If anyone was caught off guard, they must have been living under a rock,” he said on 1010 WINS. ![]() Adams said there were no reported fatalities before responding to criticism that his administration failed to do enough to alert New Yorkers before the storm. There were rescues of people trapped by the floodwaters, said FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh. A half-dozen were pulled from flooded basements by the FDNY, with another 15 rescued from trapped vehicles around the city. “The city is bullseye with this band of rain,” said NWS meteorologist Dominic Ramunni. Major havoc was reported in city subways, too. The service warned of rain continuing for hours and the threat of ongoing flooding on highways, streets and underpasses. The disruptions came from a storm that dumped nearly 8 inches of rain at JFK Airport, according to the National Weather Service, making Friday the wettest day since record keeping there began in 1948. Service remained suspended on the Long Island Rail Road’s Rockaway and Long Beach branches. ![]() Most service was restored on the Metro-North Railroad, which had been hit hard by flooding in the South Bronx. But service was normal in much of the rest of the subway.
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