New York Storms: Cleaning continues after heavy flooding storms, rails in the Tri-State region

New York (WABC) – Torrential rains struck northeast parts on Thursday, notably New York and New Jersey, rush hour passengers failing on a train stuck in flood waters and flooding certain roads.

Before the storm, emergency states were declared in New York and New Jersey, and the teams had to continue to clean the flood until Friday.

New York governor Kathy Hochul said the worst time was in Queens, where storms dumped 5 inches of rain.

More than 100 passengers were saved from a long Island railway train stranded near the Bayside station, which had been stuck in the rise in flood waters during rush hour.

The passengers had to wait approximately 2 hours before the emergency teams could put them in safety.

“When they said we had to go all of a sudden, I had a panic attack,” said a runner.

The LIRR announced that the Port Washington branch was in full service Friday after a few cancellations early in the morning and a reduced service. Two trains were canceled on Friday morning for lack of train cars and out of position after the storm.

Nearby, a retaining wall behind a house gave way in a shift in rock, sending debris in the courtyard.

The Avalanche des Rochers all came from the Long Island Railroad Port Washington branch. The owners died and Kosti Agapakis said they feared that it will happen.

“When it rains hard, there is nowhere to go and what I have been told, there is a very small channel to cross and the debris are found there and the LIRR tries to do periodic checks, but I do not think it was sufficient,” said Agapakis.

Several vehicles have also been overwhelmed in flood waters, which has replied to fast water rescue teams.

The state had already pre-positioned emergency vehicles, electricity generators and other resources before the storm, helping the crews to react quickly. A state of emergency has been declared in 14 counties and the state operations center has been fully activated, according to Hochul.

At the height of the storm, the heavy rains had closed sections of the main New York roads, including the Long Island highway, Cross Island Parkway, FDR Drive and the Clearview highway. Certain services on the long Island railway road and the New Jersey Transit have also been suspended.

On Staten Island, several streets were underwater in the Stapleton section due to the floods – and she caused problems for companies in the region on Friday morning.

The video of the journal of Staten Island Advocate has shown immersed cars in the middle of the street and people walking in flood waters.

Sudden floods have caused several rescue in the two local streets and the Staten Island highway.

And two houses were also struck by lightning, but fortunately, no one was injured.

In New Jersey, the acting governor Tahesha Way said on Thursday that floods had been reported on several major roads.

Certain parts of the state, including Plainfield, still recovered recent deadly storms and are now faced with additional damage, according to the governor, who said that the saturated land is aggravating the impact of floods.

(ABC News contributed to this report.)

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