- Tropical Storm Ida "Wallops" Greater New York City Region
- Ida Also Inundates Parts Of New England
- These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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Tropical Storm Ida "Wallops" Greater New York City Region
The New York Times reports, “The New York area awoke to a flood-ravaged and largely paralyzed landscape [this morning], after record-shattering rains brought by the remnants of Hurricane Ida left a trail of death and damage across several states, shut down transit and exposed anew the region’s vulnerability to a changed climate.” Service on many subway and train lines is curtailed or suspended, and hundreds of airline flights have been cancelled.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Bridges and Tunnels division put emergency plans in place to deal with weather-related incidents. This morning, all facilities remain open, but the agency is requesting that motorists stay off roads and avoid unnecessary travel due to the severe weather the region experienced yesterday.
NJ.com reports, “The storm also closed lanes on the New Jersey Turnpike, Garden State Parkway and on state highways as inches of rain caused street flooding up and down the state.”
Associated Press provides coverage of the storm.
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The Boston Globe reports on Tropical Storm Ida’s impact in New England, noting “The overnight rainfall, which reached nearly 6 inches in some Massachusetts communities, led to periodic closures on Route 24 in Fall River, the Massachusetts Turnpike in Boston, the Harbor Tunnels and the Expressway along with multiple locations in and around Worcester, officials said. ‘They are too numerous to count, partial lane closures,” said Jonathan Gulliver, MassDOT administrator. ‘They are all over the place.’” Skies are clear this morning, but authorities are warning that wind and flood risks will persist throughout today in the region.
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