Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
The remnants of Tropical Storm Ophelia over the Atlantic Ocean combined with a mid-latitude system arriving from the west at a time of year when ocean conditions are particularly active for storms. This particular combination system lingered over New York for 12 hours.
The storm unleashed more than eight inches of rain in parts of the New York metropolitan area from Thursday, Sept. 28 into Friday night, leading to flood water coursing through streets and into basements, schools, subways, and vehicles throughout the nation’s most populous city. Twenty-eight people were rescued with no reported deaths.
Read more:
nesdis.noaa.gov/news/heavy-rains-cause-flooding-new-york-city
Credits:
NOAA
NASA
CIRA
Photograph: Marc A. Hermann/MTA
Flood map imagery courtesy of SSEC.
Music:
“In Sequence” by Ken Bowley [PRS] and Phil Smith [PRS]; Focus Music (Publishing) Ltd [PRS]; Universal Production Music
The remnants of Tropical Storm Ophelia over the Atlantic Ocean combined with a mid-latitude system arriving from the west at a time of year when ocean conditions are particularly active for storms. This particular combination system lingered over New York for 12 hours.
The storm unleashed more than eight inches of rain in parts of the New York metropolitan area from Thursday, Sept. 28 into Friday night, leading to flood water coursing through streets and into basements, schools, subways, and vehicles throughout the nation’s most populous city. Twenty-eight people were rescued with no reported deaths.
Read more:
nesdis.noaa.gov/news/heavy-rains-cause-flooding-new-york-city
Credits:
NOAA
NASA
CIRA
Photograph: Marc A. Hermann/MTA
Flood map imagery courtesy of SSEC.
Music:
“In Sequence” by Ken Bowley [PRS] and Phil Smith [PRS]; Focus Music (Publishing) Ltd [PRS]; Universal Production Music
