The nightmare of Hurricane Ida, which scratched the New York area a year ago, has been revived, including flooding of semi-subterranean houses in some areas of Queens due to sudden torrential rains in New York City at the dawn of the 13th.
According to New York City, the torrential rains caused flooding of low-lying homes and roads in Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten Island.
Flood damage occurred again in the semi-subterranean residential area of Queens, where the damage was concentrated in Ida last year, such as Woodside and Whitestone, Queens. A semi-subterranean house in Woodside was flooded with over 6 feet of rain in an instant, and over 5 feet of water rushed into a semi-subterranean house and parking lot in Whitestone.
Nancy Valero, a tenant of the semi-basement house, said, “We didn’t evacuate after hearing the emergency alert, but after hearing the cry of a baby. When he got out of bed and put his feet on the floor, he could already feel the water,” he said, explaining the tense situation at the time.
Road flooding was also serious, but major highways such as Queens I-495 (Long Island Express), Cross Island Parkway, Clearview Expressway, Grand Central Parkway, and Banwick Expressway were temporarily closed due to heavy rain early this morning.
In the case of 108th Street adjacent to I-495, backflow rainwater pushed up the manhole cover, flooding the area and stopping vehicle traffic altogether. Public transport was also suspended or delayed due to heavy rain. According to the MTA, trains C, L and R have been suspended or partially suspended.
There were also power outages. Thousands of homes in Queens and Brooklyn have lost electricity, according to Corn Edison.