Heavy rains drenched New York City Monday evening, flooding roadways and delaying trains and planes.
The flash flood alert that shrilled from mobile phones around the city — it was no understatement.
That flash flood warning was no joke on this one stretch of Flushing Ave... 🚣
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Flash flood... shortly after, I would go on to regret walking across the park in the lightning storm
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This is what that luxury condo means by "waterfront living" #gowanus #brooklyn #sewageandsyphilis
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Landlocked neighborhoods everywhere got a taste of what it's like to live on the waterfront.
It wasn't just the streets that flooded.
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Um, walked into the D and floor was drenched w water. The flood has reached these subterranean levels pic.twitter.com/vdV70J10Ji
— Rebecca Ngu (@rebngu) July 26, 2016
There is so much rain at JFK that drains have turned into fountains pic.twitter.com/uZigl3kZ0R
— Kwame Opam (@kwameopam) July 25, 2016
Lightning strikes had people running for cover, but the Empire State Building couldn't avoid a direct hit.
Delays, service suspensions and cancellations plagued short- and long-distance travelers.
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Responding to "weather-related conditions," the MTA Police Department temporarily closed access to Penn Station as of 7 p.m., according to the MTA's website.
The MTA also suspended service on the LIRR between Penn Station, Atlantic Terminal and Jamaica in both directions.
Flight delays affected John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia Airports, according to AccuWeather.
Not everyone left the house that morning dressed for the torrential downpour. They improvised.
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Is this ratchet? To keep my sneakers from getting wet in the flood I prepared this for my kicks
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Trash bag fashion — it's a thing.
Around 8 p.m., the storm clouds parted...
Flash flood at least made for a nice reflection of the sunset
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...revealing not a single, but a double rainbow.
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Those rainbows, unfortunately, didn't bring cooler weather with them.
The current heat wave will continue, but, on the bright side, you can run under sprinklers at Gantry State Plaza Park in Long Island and East River State Park in Williamsburg, a new addition announced by a statement from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office Tuesday morning.