"Storm of all storms" arrives in New York; The city is already flooded PHOTO / VIDEO

"Storm of all storms" arrives in New York; The city is already flooded PHOTO / VIDEO

Elsa is currently advancing along the east coast of the United States after it brought heavy rains and strong winds to Florida.

In a series of thunderstorms over the city and surrounding areas on Thursday afternoon, a large amount of rain fell that the drainage system could not manage, the National Meteorological Service (NWS) announced.

The social network Twitter is flooded with footage of the floods, which show that some subway stations cannot even be reached due to the amount of water. Some major roads, including the Bronx, have been temporarily closed, causing traffic chaos.

New York police also took to Twitter and shared footage of the driver being trapped in the water. The NWS warned of possible floods by Friday morning, with the expected arrival of heavy rains brought by tropical storm Elsa, while climatologists point out that such extreme phenomena will be more and more present due to climate change. "Extreme weather episodes like this will not go away," warned one of the candidates for mayor of New York, Catherine Garcia, adding that New York is especially "sensitive" to such phenomena, i.e. extreme rainfall due to outdated sewerage network and infrastructure, but also overcrowding of the city itself.