The fast-moving storm Elsa lashed New York City and the US northeast with heavy rain and high winds on Friday, flooding streets, toppling trees and turning the subway into a water fountain. 9News
The fast-moving storm Elsa lashed New York City and the US northeast with heavy rain and high winds on Friday, flooding streets, toppling trees and turning the subway into a water fountain.
The US National Hurricane Centre said Elsa was no longer considered a tropical storm but still warned of heavy rainfall and gusty winds.A father and son try and retrieve a car stuck in floodwaters caused by Tropical Storm Elsa in Connecticut. “We’re waiting on the water to recede," said Joe Soto, the city's emergency management director. "The drainage system was just overwhelmed.”Despite videos showing flooding in some stations on Thursday, “we actually weathered the storm quite well,” interim New York City Transit president Sarah Feinberg said in an email.Up to 15 centimeters of rain was possible in some areas Friday, enough to cause flash flooding.
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