Flood watch at USA | New York City

passengers standing on seats in a NYC bus filled with knee-high water while driving through flash floods

A New York City bus began filling up with water as the driver drove through flash floods on Wednesday night, according to video shared on Twitter

The video, posted by Joe English, a press officer for UNICEF based in New York, showed a large pool of water inside the bus as passengers stood up on top of the seats to avoid getting wet
"Queens Boulevard in Maspeth/Corona is a literal river at the moment. Bus fully flooded driving through, multiple cars stuck in the water. Absolutely insane," English wrote in a tweet

"Hero bus driver managed to get us safely through the 3-4 feet of rain coursing down the boulevard," he continued, saying the bus finally made it to higher ground
New York was hit with extreme flooding as the remnants of Hurricane Ida passed through the mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Wednesday. Tornadoes also touched down in Maryland and New Jersey