‘Life Threatening’ Flash Flood Emergency Issued For NYC

NEW YORK CITY — Get to high ground immediately, New Yorkers.

New York City is under a flash flood emergency issued by the National Weather Service. The rare alert warns that “life threatening” conditions will last until Wednesday at 11:30 p.m.

About 9.1 million city dwellers could be affected, it warns.

“Move immediately to higher ground,” it states.

Remnants of Hurricane Ida prompted a flurry of severe weather alerts Wednesday from the National Weather Service, including a tornado warning.

But the flash flood emergency has never been issued for the city.

“This is the first time we’ve ever had to issue one,” NWS meteorologists tweeted.

Identical alerts were issued for parts of New Jersey and Westchester County.

Torrential rain appeared to inundate parts of New York City. Video shot at 28th Street subway station shows gushing water flowing down the platform.

Other videos depicted high flooding in Queens.

“Queens Boulevard in Maspeth/Corona is a literal river at the moment,” tweeted @JoeEEnglish. “Bus fully flooded driving through, multiple cars stuck in the water. Absolutely insane.”