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\"WABC<\/p>\n

Last updated: Sunday, July 19, 2026 12:23AM GMT<\/p>\n

\"ABC7<\/p>\n

NEW YORK (WABC) — After severe flash flooding socked parts of New York City and New Jersey around midday Saturday, more rounds of severe thunderstorms are hitting the Tri-State this evening, with the potential to bring more flash flooding.<\/p>\n


RELATED | Alerts, warnings and advisories from the National Weather Service<\/a><\/p>\n

A tornado watch expired for New Jersey but the threat of more flooding in areas that were hard-hit earlier in the day remains a concern..<\/p>\n

Officials warn to never enter flooded roads or buildings.<\/p>\n

Stay with Eyewitness News and ABC 7 for the latest.<\/p>\n

Jul 18, 2026, 9:02 PM GMT<\/p>\n

Firetruck rescues stranded drivers in Queens<\/p>\n

In Queens, a firetruck had to drive through water deep enough to float an SUV so firefighters could rescue drivers stranded on the hood of a truck.<\/p>\n

Jul 18, 2026, 8:09 PM GMT<\/p>\n

Subway station in Queens hit with flash flooding<\/p>\n

In Queens, an entrance to the Roosevelt Avenue-Jackson Heights subway station was flooded.<\/p>\n

Heavy rain sent water pouring into the station, leaving commuters wading through flooded walkways.<\/p>\n

Jul 18, 2026, 7:55 PM GMT<\/p>\n

Doors open later, no openers at Noah Kahan concert due to weather<\/p>\n

There are no openers at the Noah Kahan concert at Citi Field and the doors will open later due to weather:<\/p>\n

Jul 18, 2026, 7:46 PM GMT<\/p>\n

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for parts of New Jersey<\/p>\n

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for portions of Middlesex, Monmouth, and Ocean Counties as storms could contain 70mph wind gusts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last updated: Sunday, July 19, 2026 12:23AM GMT NEW YORK (WABC) — After severe flash flooding socked parts…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299759,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[113822,9,56,63,65,64],"class_list":["post-299758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-113822","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}