Twister injury threatened New Jersey residents, and a flash-flood warning was issued for Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx till 5 p.m. by the Nationwide Climate Service as torrential rains and gusty winds whipped by the New York Metropolis metro space Thursday.
Wind gusts as much as 50 mph accompanied the storm, in keeping with the NWS. New York Metropolis residents are warned to anticipate sudden bursts of heavy rain, decreased visibility and doable energy outages from downed timber or energy strains, the town’s emergency administration middle posted on X.
In Brooklyn, the extreme downpour flooded streets, with social media posts showing to point out automobiles partially submerged in a number of inches of water.
Extreme flooding on the nook of Fulton St. and Tompkins Ave. in Brooklyn, on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Shawn Inglima/ New York Day by day Information)
Metropolis Councilwoman Susan Zhuang cautioned folks to keep away from Eighth Ave. in southern Brooklyn, with flooding impacting visitors and road distributors.
The storm created a busy afternoon for New York Metropolis transit straphangers, with delays all through Brooklyn.
Extreme flooding on the nook of Lewis Ave. and Decatur St. in Brooklyn, on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Shawn Inglima/ New York Day by day Information)
G practice service on the cross-borough Brooklyn-Queens line was suspended in each instructions between the Bedford-Nostrand station and Court docket Sq. shortly earlier than the night rush, with flooding close to the Greenpoint Ave. station in north Brooklyn.
Nos. 2 and 5 trains had been experiencing delays in East Flatbush after water inundated the tracks close to the Newkirk Ave. station. Water on the tracks of the Fourth Ave. line close to the 86th St. station in Bay Ridge was inflicting delays on the R practice. The L was additionally hamstrung by the climate as water on the tracks between the Bushwick-Aberdeen cease and the Wilson Ave. cease brought on delays on the Canarsie line.
FDNY examine a stranded automotive throughout a extreme flooding on the nook of Fulton St. and Tompkins Ave. in Brooklyn, on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Shawn Inglima/ New York Day by day Information)
A downed tree close to Sheepshead Bay on the Brighton subway line had additionally brought on delays for the B and Q trains, although that tree had been eliminated by late afternoon.
Heavy rain is predicted on and off till about 10 p.m.
