Store owners and residents spent hours clearing away water after rains pounded New York and the region and snarled transit and other operations.
Heavy rain also drenched most of Connecticut. A calendar-day record of 4.07 inches fell in Hartford, which has received 11.84 inches this month, the second-most in September on record. Hartford has seen more than 50 inches so far this year, the fourth-most on record year-to-date.Hochul said first responders made a total of 28 rescues amid “raging waters” in the Hudson Valley and on Long Island.
Several store owners told The Washington Post that their basements had flooded, but they were generally more prepared for the rain compared with a few years ago. Instead, it was leaky roofs that dogged residents of the Astoria neighborhood in Queens.Fayez Gad, 43, who works as a server and general operator at Aladdin Hookah Lounge in Astoria, said the basement flooded but only took an hour to clean, despite the strongest rain he has seen in the seven years working there.
The water crept into homes as well, as residents struggled to keep dry amid leaky pipes and dripping roofs. Cliff Straus, owner and manager of Straus Paint and Hardware in Queens, said customers have been coming in to fix roofs and windows. In his store, part of the ceiling broke and started a leak, something he said had never happened before.
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