NEW YORK (PIX11) – A state of emergency was declared in both New York and New Jersey on Thursday amid severe flooding that left some neighborhoods submerged underwater.
A tractor-trailer got trapped on the Clearview Expressway near Northern Boulevard in Queens. Two cars were underwater on Northern Boulevard, and one person had to wait on their vehicle’s roof to get rescued.
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Water rushed into basements along Northern Boulevard and 218th Street, with homeowners telling PIX11 News that the water was chest high at one point. At least 10 cars on 218th Street were also underwater.
People had to be evacuated from an LIRR train due to flooding at the Bayside train station. Commuters were rescued after sitting two hours on a flooded track east of Flushing’s Main Street…