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New York stunned and swamped by record-breaking rainfall as more downpours are expected

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killed at least 13 people in New York City, mostly in flooded basement apartments.
That's some nightmare fuel
- Living in a basement apartment in nyc, can confirm it sucks ass
- Important to note quote is referring to the last flood.
  No fatalities with this flood, people heeded the warning.
  What could have been a life-threatening event was averted, she said, because many people heeded early calls to stay put or head for higher ground before it was too late. As a result, Hochul said, “No lives were lost.”
I’m starting to think climate change is going to necessitate a total rebuild of all water-related infrastructure, as well as anything that can be affected by excessive precipitation. Do basements even make sense in this new world?
- But let's keep allowing big polluters and private jets make it worse
  
  No let’s not do that.
Really disappointing that How To with John Wilson ended as a series just before this happened.
Would have loved to see the episode about this.
"Hey New York... One of the best things about our great city is the weather."
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Some 8.65 inches (21.97 centimeters) of rain had fallen at John F. Kennedy Airport by nightfall Friday, surpassing the record for any September day set during Hurricane Donna in 1960, the National Weather Service said.
The deluge came two years after the remnants of Hurricane Ida dumped record-breaking rain on the Northeast and killed at least 13 people in New York City, mostly in flooded basement apartments.
The Long Island Rail Road was snarled, 44 of the city’s 3,500 buses became stranded and bus service was disrupted citywide, transit officials said.
A long line of people snaked from the ticket counter in the afternoon at Grand Central Terminal, where Mike Tags was among those whose trains had been canceled.
Still, it became the third time in two years that rain fell at rates near 2 inches (5 centimeters) per hour in Central Park, which is unusual, Columbia University climate scientist Adam Sobel said.
Associated Press journalists Deepti Hajela, Joe Frederick and Karen Matthews in New York, Anthony Izaguirre in Albany and Seth Borenstein in Washington contributed.
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Can't wait for the drain unblocker videos
- So satisfying!

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