Wild scenes of flooding unfolded throughout New York City on Friday morning as an intense rainstorm barreled through the tri-state area, turning local roads into rivers during the morning rush hour.
Videos showed cars plowing through knee-deep water in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood, with a whirlpool seen swirling in the middle of the waterlogged road.
Cellphone footage taken aboard an MTA bus at 18th Avenue and 60th Street in Brooklyn’s Bensonhurst neighborhood showed floodwaters gushing into the vehicle filled with passengers, among them children, who tried to stay dry by lifting their feet off the floor.
The Big Apple’s major roads fared no better, as the Brooklyn- Queens Expressway, the Belt Parkway and Prospect Park Expressway all turning into rivers teeming with partially flooded cars trapped in bumper-to-bumper traffic
I wonder what plans NYC has in place as sea levels continue to rise and weather becomes more hostile. Where will all these people migrate to if the city ever becomes uninhabitable?
22nd century Venice
who am I kidding, 21st century
We’ll all move to Florida… wait.
We’re in Manhattan right now and have been trying to get an Uber/Lyft/Taxi home to Brooklyn for over an hour now. Any train that would get us close is suspended. $80… ouch
Currently @ jfk. Good luck to those waiting
God damn there are some stupid fucking drivers in NYC.
You don’t drive through a puddle that goes above the doorframe.
You don’t drive through anything that looks to be deeper than 5 inches. That still can take your vehicle.
