One person died after being pulled from a flooded vehicle, and property damage was “very significant” in some hard-hit areas, the city’s fire chief said.
Forecasters are expecting heavy rains through Wednesday while the tail end of Hurricane Ida passes through the region. According to the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh, Allegheny and surrounding counties could see 2 to 4 inches of rainfall.
Eighty-eight people die on average each year in the United States as a result of sudden flooding that follows heavy rainstorms, the National Weather Service said.
More than a dozen people were rescued from a flooded highway in the Bronx, and more rain was expected on Friday with the arrival of Tropical Storm Elsa.
