The Big Apple has taken on water. Several subway stations were flooded Thursday in New York, while storm Elsa is expected this Friday.
Between 5 and 10 cm of water fell during a series of thunderstorms. Metro users posted images and videos of some flooded stations on Twitter.
Footage shows passers-by waist deep in water trying to cross a pool of black water leading to the docks.
Some subway system ya got there. This is the 157th St. 1 line right now. @NYCMayor @BilldeBlasio pic.twitter.com/xyfTAUPPNu
– Paullee (@PaulleeWR) July 8, 2021
Closed axes
Some lines and directions have been temporarily closed, including in the Bronx. Leaving the offices is particularly disrupted.
On her Twitter account, the New York police shared images where we see her rescuing motorists stuck in the water.
This evening, officers from the @NYPDSpecialops Disorder Control Unit responded to a major flood on the Major Deegan Expwy. With a little ingenuity, officers used a barrier truck & safely removed over a dozen people from their stalled vehicles. https://t.co/qBeddURkE9 pic.twitter.com/tXa0Usngbr
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) July 8, 2021
At the same time, some locals had fun touring New York City on a jet ski.
When there’s a flood in NYC, you know the Bronx was prepared to bring the jet skis out pic.twitter.com/X8kgvh1G4b
— Truthfully ‘THE EXCEPTIONAL’ Ruthless (@FullyCalibrated) July 8, 2021
Invest urgently
Several officials have called for urgent investment to strengthen infrastructure. Among them, Eric Adams, president of Brooklyn, big favorite for the municipal election in November.
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A city surrounded by water, New York is very vulnerable to flooding, the frequency of which is increasing with climate change.
According to the Nation Weather Service, the equivalent of Météo France, new floods could be triggered, with the expected arrival of heavy rains brought by storm Elsa, which came from Florida.
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