Heavy rain inundated the New York region over the weekend, overwhelming storm drains and flooding streets and buildings across New York City.

A police officer from the NYPD Highway Patrol looks to motorists drive through a flooded street after heavy rains as the remnants of Tropical Storm Ophelia bring flooding across the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, at FDR Drive near the Williamsburg Bridge in New York City, September 29, 2023.

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