Severe weather knocks over trees, causes street flooding across region
NEW YORK -- Severe weather moved through the New York City region Thursday, knocking over trees and causing flash flooding on some roads.
The storm doused the city mid-afternoon, and prompted both flash flood and severe thunderstorm warnings for parts of the region. The warnings even sounded cellphone emergency alerts, too.
Eyewitness News viewers reported street flooding on the FDR. Juan Lewis captured this video for us:
And we also received this video:
The rain was very heavy.
A tarp-covered Citi Field was the name of the game in Queens:
We've also had some reports of trees down in some parts of the area, including Whitestone and Bayside, Queens.
Shirleen Allicot checked out the conditions in New Jersey in RoadCam7.
LIRR service was disrupted on the Ronkonkoma and Port Jefferson branches due to flooding on the tracks. (Photo courtesy Lawrence Brenner)
Flooding at the entrance to the Throgs Neck Bridge was captured by Instagram user @krysties68.
And it looks like more weather is on the way.
If you have videos or photos of severe weather conditions, use our hashtag #abc7NY to send them to us on Twitter and Instagram. Also you can report weather conditions directly from our AccuTrack Weather Alert app.
