Heavy rain on Saturday interrupted all operations Newark Liberty International AirportIn the afternoon, the airport closed the economy parking lot due to flooding, and all flights were delayed by 90 minutes.
AirTrain service at the airport Suspended It was about the same time and stayed for about an hour, but this seems to have nothing to do with the weather, other shuttle options are still running. However, it was later announced that weather issues would force AirTrain to be suspended from 9pm on Saturday to 7am on Sunday.
It is expected that from Saturday to Sunday, there will be heavy rains and flash floods in parts of the tri-state region. According to PIX11, the severe thunderstorm warning lasts until 11pm, and the flash flood warning lasts until 6am on Sunday. Tornado warnings in Staten Island and Middlesex Counties in New Jersey are also in effect, but have since been cancelled.
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Residents and tourists flocked to Twitter Show the situation from the ground. A user who traveled through Purbita shared a video of a flash flood on the streets of the Ironbound community in Newark.
Another user, through Grand C, claim Due to the storm, their flight to Newark had to make an emergency landing in Philadelphia.
The tri-state region is not the only support in the northeastern United States heavy rain with Flash floodMillions of Americans face potential flash floods throughout the weekend, with humidity in some areas five times the July average. New York City and Boston are likely to break their respective records for the wettest month in July.
The reason for this wet weather is a frontal system moving from the central part of the United States to the northeast. This system is the cause of heavy rains in Indiana, Illinois, and Kansas, and flash floods in Detroit.
In recent days, extreme flash floods have also swept parts of Europe. On Thursday, regions in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands experienced two months of rain in one day.Death toll from floods in Germany The worst flood in a centuryAccording to Reuters, it reached 170 on Saturday.
“[It is] A day marked by fear, despair, and pain,” the German Chancellor Angela Merkel Speaking at a press conference at the White House on Thursday. “Suddenly, thousands of people are facing disaster. Their houses are like death traps.”
