Sunday's downpours cause flooding headaches in parts of Tri-State Area
Fire departments were hard at work in Paterson, New Jersey, and Fairfield County, Connecticut, due to flash flooding on Sunday morning.
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Fire departments were hard at work in Paterson, New Jersey, and Fairfield County, Connecticut, due to flash flooding on Sunday morning.
One place hit extremely hard was Westport, Connecticut. CBS News New York's Naveen Dhaliwal has the latest.
Recent rainstorms have caused massive flooding problems in New York City. No borough knows the pain more than Queens, home of seven of the city's 10 hardest-hit communities.
Poor weather and challenging terrain have hampered aerial rescue operations in Nepal and Tibet.
Rescuers pulled out survivors and helicopters ferried people to safety as Nepal and China raced to respond after catastrophic flash floods killed hundreds of people.
Elizabeth, New Jersey is cleaning up after Thursday's intense storms brought flash flooding. Emergency responders performed more than 100 rescues, most of them after people attempted to drive through water.
Some Elizabeth and Linden residents said their basements were inundated. CBS News New York's Nick Caloway reports.
More than 1,000 people, including many Americans, are still missing along the Nepal-China border after deadly floods and mudflows likely triggered by a glacial collapse.
In Elizabeth, on North Avenue near Spring Street, flooding was nearly waist-high. Cars were stranded in the water. One person could be seen doing a backflip into the water. CBS News New York's Andrew Ramos reports.
The flash floods decimated villages, slamming into houses, roads, bridges and power plants.
Rainy weather returns to the New York City area Sunday, bringing with it the threat of flooding.
Parts of New Jersey took a pounding when storms moved in Monday night, causing major flooding and downed power lines.
The floodwaters were gone by Sunday, but Saturday's storms still left their impact across New York City.
Saturday's storms triggered flash flooding across New York and New Jersey. CBS News New York's Vanessa Murdock and Naomi Ruchim report.
Lightning apparently struck a home and sparked a fire in New Jersey amid torrential storms Thursday.
Homes and roads were inundated with floodwaters as strong storms swept through the Tri-State Area on Monday.
While the rain has taken place throughout the day, the possibility of thunderstorms in the New York City area will remain for the rest of the night.
The FourLeaf Air Show at Jones Beach was canceled Monday as organizers cited weather concerns.
Coney Island residents and business owners said at one point the floodwater reached about two feet near the corner of Neptune Ave. and 33rd St.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Wednesday night's storm, which soaked Brooklyn and Queens, was so powerful, the rain it dropped overwhelmed the city's sewer system.
CBS News New York's Lisa Rozner on Thursday went to Hollis, Queens, where Mayor Zohran Mamdani visited with residents who lost a lot in the flooding.
Two people died Thursday in NYC when flash flooding filled basements from Crown Heights, Brooklyn, to Washington Heights in Upper Manhattan.
City inspectors toured the building Friday where an FDNY SCUBA team pulled the 39-year-old man's body from the flooded basement the night before. CBS News New York's Ali Bauman reports.
An intense rain storm swept through New York City on Thursday, causing flash flooding and two deaths. So what is the city doing to address the problem, and what more can be done? We spoke with the Department of Environmental Protection to find out.
We're gearing up for a round of wet weather in and around NYC, as a nor'easter takes aim at the East Coast this holiday weekend.
