More than 7.8 inches (19.8 cm) of rain has fallen at the airport since midnight, Dominic Ramunni, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in New York, told the BBC.
He added that it’s the wettest day in the city since the remnants of Hurricane Ida came barreling through in 2021.
That storm caused a number of deaths for those living in basement apartments that were flooded by heavy rain.
Overall, based on rainfall in Central Park, it’s the ninth wettest day in New York City history since records began in 1869, Ramunni said.
“This amount of rain in this little amount of time is cause for concern,” he said.
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