Intense storms batter Northeast and cause severe flash flooding, submerging cars and prompting water rescues
Severe thunderstorms and showers across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast triggered devastating flash flooding in the tri-state area where roads were turned into rivers, cars were submerged in fast-rising waters, and water rescues unfolded on Long Island and in Connecticut.
New York, Connecticut and New Jersey were pounded by heavy rain overnight. Two locations — parts of Fairfield and New Haven counties in Connecticut, and Suffolk County, New York —experienced historic rainfall, reaching…