New York City in state of emergency as torrential rain floods subways, roads and basements

Flooding closed roads, disrupted subway service and flooded basements in the New York City area as “dangerous and life-threatening” rainfall overwhelmed the concrete expanse during the Friday morning commute.

A month’s worth of rain – more than 4 inches – fell over parts of Brooklyn in just three hours Friday morning.

Intense rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches an hour were falling across the New York tri-state area and were expected to continue through Friday evening.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency for the New York City area as torrential rain floods roads, basements and subways.