Torrential downpours after a week of mostly steady rainfall has triggered flash flooding in New York City, disrupting subway services in the country's most populous city and turning many of its streets into small lakes.
A flash flood warning went into effect for New York City until midday as more than two inches of rain fell in some locations by this morning and three more inches possible within hours, the National Weather Service (NWS) said.
As much as six inches of rain fell in some locations, including Brooklyn, lower Manhattan and John F Kennedy International Airport in the borough of Queens, said Zack Taylor, a meteorologist with the NWS Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland.
"More rain is falling," Mr Taylor said. "This is seriously a life-threatening situation."
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