NEW YORK (WABC) -- Storm cleanup is the focus on Sunday after severe thunderstorms battered New York City and parts of the Tri-State area with a dangerous combination of flash flooding and gusty winds.
Heavy rain on Saturday turned streets in SoHo into a river, while flood waters left drivers stranded along busy highways. In Woodside, Queens, firefighters drove through the flooded waters to rescue trapped drivers on the BQE, and in Flushing, homeowners were left cleaning out their homes after flood waters caused extensive damage.
Sunday will look much different -- with sunshine and less humidity, and better air quality overall after rain and storms cleansed the atmosphere of the noxious Canadian wildfire smoke. There will still be enough particulate matter in the air to be a problem for sensitive groups.
However, after Saturday's wicked storms, areas hard-hit by flooding will focus on cleanup, as the city's aging infrastructure once again endured another test.
Eyewitness News and ABC 7 for the latest.
A man was seen wading through waist-high water after storms brought flooding to Newark and across much of the Tri-State area.
Crystal Cranmore has more from Newark on the rescue and flooding that hit the area:
Video from Departed Soles brewery in Jersey City shows water pouring from the ceiling.
Floods also forced the business to close last year as well.
The storms hit Queens especially hard.
Parts of the Whitestone and Clearview expressways looked more like flowing streams.
The high water left some drivers stranded.
Anthony Carlo has more from Woodside:
In Queens, a firetruck had to drive through water deep enough to float an SUV so firefighters could rescue drivers stranded on the hood of a truck.
