Severe thunderstorms brought NYC flash flooding to Newark and parts of the NYC area on Saturday, as torrential rain left roads and buildings affected across the Tri-State. More storms were expected to roll in Saturday night, keeping the risk active after the first rounds of flooding.
Crystal Cranmore in Newark
Crystal Cranmore reported from Newark after a man was seen wading through waist-high water. That scene came as officials warned people never to enter flooded roads or buildings, even while water was already forcing movement through streets and around buildings.
Video from Departed Soles in Jersey City showed water pouring from the ceiling, and the brewery had been forced to close by floods last year as well. The flooding did not stay limited to one block or one business; it spread across parts of Newark and the NYC area, with the kind of depth that makes walking through it unsafe and damage more likely inside ground-level spaces.
Citi Field and Yankee Stadium
The weather also cut into scheduled events. The Noah Kahan concert at Citi Field on Saturday night was canceled, and the New York Yankees announced that Saturday's Yankees-Dodgers game was rescheduled because of weather.
Fans with paid tickets for Saturday's game can use them for the rescheduled game at 12:35 p.m. on Sunday, July 19, at Yankee Stadium, or exchange them for tickets to a similar regular season game at Yankee Stadium. For anyone headed to a venue in the middle of the storm pattern, the immediate practical step is to check whether the event moved, then use the original ticket only where the Yankees said it applies.
The next round of storms was expected Saturday night, which keeps Newark, Jersey City, and the wider NYC area under the same problem for the rest of the day: more rain arriving on already saturated ground. If the rain arrives as forecast, the most immediate question is how much more flooding will build before conditions ease.
