NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Immense flooding across the Tri-State area left streets and cars submerged underwater, subways with limited service, prompting the National Weather Service to issue its first-ever flash flood warning for New York City.
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One video shows the 28th Street Subway station floooding.
Another video shows several cars submerged under water as a man attempted to walk through a very flooded Knickerbocker Avenue in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn.
Those traveling through Newark Airport could not get off at one of the escalators due to flooding.
Even the stand at the US Open felt the wrath of Ida, with heavy winds causing havoc.
One man attempted to make the best of a flooded subway station with a floatie.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy all declared states of emergency. De Blasio said the city was “enduring an historic weather event” as the National Weather Service office in New York declared its first-ever set of flash flood emergencies in the region Wednesday night.
The NYPD reported at least eight weather-related deaths and subway stations and tracks became so flooded that the MTA suspended all service.
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