Flash Flooding Jams Transit, Swamps Brooklyn, Darkens Parts Of New Jersey

Trains and planes were delayed while cars and pedestrians slogged through knee-deep water in battered Brooklyn as flash flooding swept through parts of the borough following days of intense heat and power outages.

The storms hit late Monday and early Tuesday. The National Weather Service posted a Flash Flood Warning that included Brooklyn and neighboring Queens. Parts of New Jersey also took the brunt of the storms, and widespread power outages were reported.

The first storms hit during rush hour, and gridlock prevailed.

"As frustrating as this situation is (and as a commuter I share in that frustration), let’s be good to one another amid the transit hell," tweeted Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams.