Storm Ida brings heavy rain, flash flooding to New York City

New Yorkers were inundated by heavy rain and flash flooding early Thursday as Storm Ida wreaked havoc on the northeast United States, forcing flight cancellations and state of emergency declarations.

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This NASA image released on September 1, 2021 shows Hurricane Ida pictured as a category 2 storm from the International Space Station as it orbited 263 miles above the Gulf of Mexico, with upper(L), the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module docked to the Earth-facing port of the Zvezda service module on August 28, 2021 -- Photo: / NASA / AFP

2021-09-02 14:06:29

New Yorkers were inundated by heavy rain and flash flooding early Thursday as Storm Ida wreaked havoc on the northeast United States, forcing flight cancellations and state of emergency declarations.

Ida slammed into the southern state of Louisiana over the weekend, bringing severe flooding and tornadoes as it blazed a trail of destruction north.

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