Six dead as Storm Ida dumps month worth of rain in hours turning roads to rivers

People huddle together at a subway entrance after the storm turned major roads in New York into rivers (Picture: Sipa USA)

At least six people have been killed as a month’s worth of rain was dumped on New York.

Four people died in the city, where roads were turned into rivers, while another two were killed in New Jersey.

A state of emergency was declared in New York last night as Storm Ida continued to batter parts of the US.

Shocking footage shows people standing on seats on a flooded bus as the driver continued down a submerged road.

New York’s FDR Drive on the east side of Manhattan, and the Bronx River Parkway were under water by late Wednesday evening.

Subway stations became so flooded that all service had to be suspended all service.

Water runs past people’s feet during in Queens, New York (Picture: Sipa USA)

Footage appears to show floodwater crashing down a subway station in New York

Floodwater fills a subway entrance in New York City (Picture: Tiktok)

Other videos showed water up to car windows as rubbish bags floated down the streets.

‘We’re enduring an historic weather event tonight with record breaking rain across the city, brutal flooding and dangerous conditions on our roads,’ New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said while declaring a state of emergency in the city.

Governor Kathy Hochul also declared a state of emergency for the entire state of New York.

The National Weather Service office in New York declared its first-ever set of flash flood emergencies in the region last night.

This alert level is reserved for ‘exceedingly rare situations when a severe threat to human life and catastrophic damage from a flash flood is happening or will happen soon.’

A man stands in the doorway of a deli as floodwater continues to rise (Picture: Sipa USA)

Subway trains were going down flooded tracks before all service was suspended (Picture: Tiktok)

People brave the streets as Storm Ida batters the city (Picture: Getty)

A travel ban for all non-emergency vehicles was in place until 5am this morning.

More than three inches of rain fell on New York’s Central Park in one hour last night, far surpassing the previous record of 1.94 inches that fell during Tropical Storm Henri.

The storm blew through the east coast with at least two tornadoes, heavy winds and rains collapsing the roof of a building in New Jersey, and threatening a dam in Pennsylvania.

Homes were reduced to rubble just outside of Philadelphia, near where a tornado wreaked havoc.

Cars were submerged in Yonkers in New York state (Picture: Reuters)

A man walks through a flooded petrol station in Hoboken, New Jersey (Picture: Getty)

Rubbish bags float past an abandoned car in Hoboken, New Jersey (Picture: Getty)

Flood waters cascade down subway steps in Queens, New York City (Picture: Sipa USA)

The roof collapsed at the Postal Service building in Kearny, New Jersey, with people inside, police Sgt. Chris Levchak said.

Rescue crews were on scene into the night, with no immediate word on the number of people or severity of injuries.

Thousands of people were evacuated after water reached dangerous levels at a dam near Johnstown, a Pennsylvania town nicknamed Flood City.

Meteorologists warned rivers likely won’t crest for a few more days, raising the possibility of more widespread flooding.

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