NYC Businesses Brace for 1-2 Inches of Rain as Flash Flood Warnings Cover 4 Boroughs
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Updated · The New York Times · Jul 21
NYC Businesses Brace for 1-2 Inches of Rain as Flash Flood Warnings Cover 4 Boroughs
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jul 21
Summary
SoHo shops and restaurants spent Tuesday lifting basement inventory, readying cleanup supplies and preparing for another evening of flooding after weekend downpours swamped parts of New York City.
Flash flood warnings covered every borough except Staten Island, and forecasters expected the strongest storms between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. with 1-2 inches of rain, damaging winds and possible hail.
Business owners said stronger, more frequent storms are again overwhelming sewers in low-lying areas, even after street fixes about a decade ago reduced earlier flooding.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani urged residents to use caution, while city agencies said they were prepared to respond as severe weather also inundated parts of the Lower Hudson Valley, Connecticut and New Jersey.