Torrential rain pummeled parts of the Northeast on Thursday, including New York City and New Jersey, stranding rush-hours passengers on a train.

In a separate incident, emergency responders rescued an 8-year-old boy standing atop a submerged car and a 2-year-old and woman trapped inside.

Storms are lashing the East Coast from Virginia to Connecticut, flooding roadways and delaying flights from Boston to Washington, D.C.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul and her acting New Jersey counterpart declared states of emergency for areas facing the threat of flash floods on Thursday from heavy downpours disrupting rail and air travel along the Eastern Seaboard.

Flooding in New York City created a waterfall in the underground tunnels of the subway system on Thursday (July 31). New York Governor Kathy Hochul and her acting counterpart in New Jersey said they were declaring states of emergency for areas facing the threat of extreme flash floods forecast for much of the Eastern Seaboard.

A state of emergency was declared in both New York and New Jersey on Thursday amid severe flooding that left some neighborhoods submerged underwater. A tractor-trailer got trapped on the Clearview Expressway near Northern Boulevard in Queens.

Strong storms moved through the Northeast on Thursday, July 31, bringing heavy rain and causing flash flooding and travel disruptions across New York and New Jersey. In New York City, rainwater flowed into subway stations,