Storm pounds New York City area, flooding subways and leading to abandoned vehicles on the FDR Drive
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Pedestrians walk along a flooded sidewalk, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. A potent rush-hour rainstorm has swamped the New York metropolitan area. The deluge Friday shut down swaths of the subway system, flooded some streets and highways, and cut off access to at least one terminal at LaGuardia Airport. (AP Photo/Jake Offenhartz)Cars move along Brooklyn Bridge under heavy rain on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023 in Brooklyn borough of New York. A potent rush-hour rainstorm swamped the New York metropolitan area on Friday, shutting down parts of the citys subway system, flooding streets and highways, and delaying flights into LaGuardia Airport. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)A guardian carries a child as his partner holds the umbrellas following heavy rains on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)In this photo taken from video, traffic makes its way through flood waters along the Brooklyn Queens Expressway , Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in New York. A potent rush-hour rainstorm has swamped the New York metropolitan area. The deluge Friday shut down swaths of the subway system, flooded some streets and highways, and cut off access to at least one terminal at LaGuardia Airport. (AP Photo/Robert Bumsted)In this photo taken from video, a man drives a scooter through flood waters, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. A potent rush-hour rainstorm has swamped the New York metropolitan area. The deluge Friday shut down swaths of the subway system, flooded some streets and highways, and cut off access to at least one terminal at LaGuardia Airport. (AP Photo/Jake Offenhartz)A woman holds her umbrella as she speaks on the phone on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023 in Brooklyn borough of New York. A potent rush-hour rainstorm swamped the New York metropolitan area on Friday, shutting down some subways and commuter railroads, flooding streets and highways, and delaying flights into LaGuardia Airport. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)In this photo taken from video, work in flood waters to clear drains on a street, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. A potent rush-hour rainstorm has swamped the New York metropolitan area. The deluge Friday shut down swaths of the subway system, flooded some streets and highways, and cut off access to at least one terminal at LaGuardia Airport. (AP Photo/Jake Offenhartz)A commuter walking through a large puddle at the entrance of the Bowery Subway station following heavy rains in the Lower East Side, Manhattan on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)Commuters are seen on a Hudson line train waiting to depart Grand Central Terminal, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in New York. A number of train lines were disrupted due to heavy rains. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)An MTA employee helps commuters as train service as been disrupted due to heavy rains at Grand Central Terminal information booth, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)Vehicles including a school bus try to maneuver on a flooded street in Prospect Heights section of the Brooklyn borough of New York, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. A potent rush-hour rainstorm has swamped the New York metropolitan area. The deluge Friday shut down swaths of the subway system, flooded some streets and highways, and cut off access to at least one terminal at LaGuardia Airport. (Courtesy of Jonathan Gardner via AP)In this photo taken from video, traffic makes its way through flood waters along the Brooklyn Queens Expressway , Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in New York. A potent rush-hour rainstorm has swamped the New York metropolitan area. The deluge Friday shut down swaths of the subway system, flooded some streets and highways, and cut off access to at least one terminal at LaGuardia Airport. (AP Photo/Robert Bumsted)People wait for the bus as trains get cancelled due to flooding from heavy rains on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)Residents watch as workers attempt to clear a drain in flood waters, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. A potent rush-hour rainstorm has swamped the New York metropolitan area. The deluge Friday shut down swaths of the subway system, flooded some streets and highways, and cut off access to at least one terminal at LaGuardia Airport. (AP Photo/Jake Offenhartz)People talk to the train engineer as trains from Manhattan to Brooklyn get cancelled due to heavy rain on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)People wait for the bus as trains were cancelled on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. A potent rush-hour rainstorm swamped the New York metropolitan area on Friday, shutting down parts of the citys subway system, flooding streets and highways, and delaying flights into LaGuardia Airport. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)An abandoned car sits in flood waters on the FDR highway in the Lower East Side of Manhattan on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023 in New York. A potent rush-hour rainstorm swamped the New York metropolitan area on Friday, shutting down some subways and commuter railroads, flooding streets and highways, and delaying flights into LaGuardia Airport. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)The FDR highway underneath the Williamsburg Bridge in the Lower East Side of Manhattan is closed on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023 in New York. A potent rush-hour rainstorm swamped the New York metropolitan area on Friday, shutting down some subways and commuter railroads, flooding streets and highways, and delaying flights into LaGuardia Airport.(AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)First responders wade through flood waters at the base of the Williamsburg Bridge, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in New York. A potent rush-hour rainstorm has swamped the New York metropolitan area. The deluge Friday shut down swaths of the subway system, flooded some streets and highways, and cut off access to at least one terminal at LaGuardia Airport. (AP Photo/Jake Offenhartz)Commuters wait on the track to board an express train on the Hudson line following disruptions due to heavy rain at Grand Central Terminal, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)In this image taken from video, a car sits stranded in flood waters at the base of the Williamsburg Bridge, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in New York. A potent rush-hour rainstorm has swamped the New York metropolitan area. The deluge Friday shut down swaths of the subway system, flooded some streets and highways, and cut off access to at least one terminal at LaGuardia Airport. (AP Photo/Jake Offenhartz)A man stands in the median next to his car stranded in flood waters on the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in New York. A potent rush-hour rainstorm has swamped the New York metropolitan area. The deluge Friday shut down swaths of the subway system, flooded some streets and highways, and cut off access to at least one terminal at LaGuardia Airport. (AP Photo/Robert Bumsted)A man leaves the train station as trains from Manhattan to Brooklyn were cancelled due to heavy rain on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023 in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)People take the bus as trains have cancelled due to flooding from heavy rains on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)In this image taken from video, a section of the FDR Drive sits submerged in flood waters, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in New York. A potent rush-hour rainstorm has swamped the New York metropolitan area. The deluge Friday shut down swaths of the subway system, flooded some streets and highways, and cut off access to at least one terminal at LaGuardia Airport. (AP Photo/Jake Offenhartz)A man works to clear a drain in flood waters, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. A potent rush-hour rainstorm has swamped the New York metropolitan area. The deluge Friday shut down swaths of the subway system, flooded some streets and highways, and cut off access to at least one terminal at LaGuardia Airport. (AP Photo/Jake Offenhartz)
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Pedestrians walk along a flooded sidewalk, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. A potent rush-hour rainstorm has swamped the New York metropolitan area. The deluge Friday shut down swaths of the subway system, flooded some streets and highways, and cut off access to at least one terminal at LaGuardia Airport. (AP Photo/Jake Offenhartz)
