Thunderstorms inundated New York City, and caused flooding in Newark, N.J., forcing Amtrak to suspend all train traffic between New York and Philadelphia, while closing roads in Connecticut.
The deluge triggered snarled traffic and frustrated commuters throughout the city and Tri-State Area.
Just before 9 p.m., Amtrak announced trains between Philadelphia 30th St. and New York Penn Station were being held in place due to extensive flooding on the tracks.
Central Park also experienced heavy flooding. The NYPD Central Park Precinct urged New Yorkers to avoid the 86th St. Transverse.
Flood warnings were also active in parts of New Jersey.
The New Jersey Turnpike Authority issued a travel alert on closures along the Garden State Parkway and New Jersey Turnpike. The deluge there also swamped a state trooper’s cruiser along with five other cars, ABC News reported.
In New Haven, Conn., flash flooding turned roads into rivers, swept away cars, and prompted several water rescues in Fairfield and New Haven counties, where 6 to 10 inches of rain fell, the National Weather Service said Sunday night. Another 2 inches of rain was slated to fall before the evening was done.
Roads were closed throughout Connecticut as roads became rivers, cars were swept away, and mudslides blocked passage.
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont stated Sunday night “our urban search and rescue teams have helped at least 100 people evacuate unsafe conditions,” promising: “We will continue helping towns with any resources they need to immediately respond and keep the public safe.”
“This was an historic storm in some areas of Connecticut,” he said. “Once daylight occurs, crews will be out to survey damage and begin clean-up.”
In Danbury, multiple buildings were evacuated due to flooding and what city officials called a “mudslide situation,” WVIT-TV reported. Crews in Oxford were searching for two people who were missing after being swept away by flood waters, WTNH-TV reported. One person was hanging onto a sign and another was inside a car when the water took them, First Selectman George R. Temple told the outlet.
About 50 campers were stranded at Southbury’s Kettletown State Park because of a washed-out bridge, the state Department of Energy & Environmental Protection told WTNH. While they were not in imminent danger, officials and police were working to evacuate them.
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