No storm-related deaths or critical injuries had been reported as of midday, city officials said. But residents struggled to get around the waterlogged metropolis.
A man works to clear a drain in flood waters, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in the Brooklyn borough of New York.11:54 AM CDT September 29, 2023
By midday, although there was a break in the clouds, Mayor Eric Adams urged people to stay put if possible. Priscilla Fontallio said she had been stranded in her car, which was on a piece of the highway that wasn't flooded but wasn't moving, for three hours as of 11 a.m.On a street in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn, workers were up to their knees in water as they tried to unclog a drain while cardboard and other debris floated by.
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