WATCH: NYC Subways Flooding Amid Flash Floods Across the East Coast

This is wild…and terrifying.

Imagine riding a New York subway, when suddenly, the station starts rapidly filling with water.

That nightmare scenario is exactly what many NYC subway passengers experienced tonight as flash floods hit the city.

Footage is going viral online:

Monday’s crazy flooding in NYC at a subway station shows one of the many vulnerabilities of the city’s crumbling infrastructure.

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— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) July 15, 2025

🚨 IMAGINE BEING TRAPPED ON A SUBWAY… THEN WATCHING THE STATION START TO FLOOD

28th Street, NYC, water pouring in from every angle, turning the platform into a swamp.

This isn’t a leak. It’s a full-on flood.

How long until the system collapses completely? pic.twitter.com/N0BlO3rSWE

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Many of the subway stations were forced to be shut down.

Per The New York Post:

The 1, 2 and 3 trains were all suspended in Manhattan while the MTA addresses flooding across several stations, the agency said.

Inside the 23rd Street station, water appeared to be bursting out of a grate in the floor as it flooded the area near the turnstiles, according to a video shared on X. Water also spilled under the doors and onto the subway itself as riders took refuge on the seats.

“Oh man, I might need a diaper!” one straphanger joked.

Another inundated subway station featured a similar scene as surging brown water shot out of the floor and poured across the platform with no signs of stopping, stranding passengers inside the car, according to a video shared on Threads.

The Forest Hills-bound M and R trains are also operating under severe delays as multiple stations reportedly flooded in Queens.

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Stairwells into the underground subways were turned into waterfalls while flood water gushed through stations, videos shared across social media showed.

New York city has issued a travel advisory in response to the flooding — which is up to 7 inches in some areas.

Streets are flooding like crazy.

Take a look:

🚨🇺🇸 NYC ISSUES TRAVEL ADVISORY AS FLOODING HITS CITY

Emergency officials warn residents as heavy rain floods streets and subway systems.

Footage shows widespread water damage across the Big Apple.pic.twitter.com/MSwKR0YsCA https://t.co/7hwvLDX1ik

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) July 15, 2025

Flash flood warnings were also issued earlier in New York, though they’ve let up a bit now.

The New York Times has more:

Heavy rain pummeled New York City and its suburbs on Monday night, flooding parts of the subway system, inundating major roads and causing long flight delays.

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The slow-moving storm drenched large swathes of the Mid-Atlantic, causing flash floods from central Virginia to New York City. Floodwaters gushed through subway stations, in some cases entering train cars. Partially submerged vehicles lost control on inundated streets. Muddy storm water thrashed fuel pumps at a gas station.

Some areas received up to seven inches of rain, said Joe Wegman, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. By late Monday, the storm’s front was “rapidly weakening,” he added. Though some rainfall was expected, it would not be “nearly as bad” as the downpours on Monday in New York City and its surrounds, Mr. Wegman said.

Earlier on Monday night, the Weather Service had issued flash flood warnings for all five boroughs of New York, and the city’s emergency management department told people who live in basement apartments or low-lying areas to be ready to move to higher ground. Nearly 1,000 people were affected by a power outage in the Richmond Hill neighborhood of Queens, which is serviced by overhead lines, according to NYC Emergency Management.

This evening, a local New Yorker also captured this moment of lightning striking the One World Trade center…

You have to see it:

Lightning striking One World Trade during tonight’s flash flood warning #NYC pic.twitter.com/9O7yj5NnI6

— Max Guliani (@maximusupinNYc) July 15, 2025

Prophetic much?

What do you think?