Storms prompted flash flood warnings across the New York City metropolitan area Monday night, with photos showing severe flooding across the city and in parts of New York state and New Jersey.

with meteorologists noting that the confluence of slow-moving storms and hot, humid air exacerbated flood risks disproportionately in urbanized areas between New Jersey and Washington, D.C. The National Weather Service advised that, although rain had ...

Floods submerged cars and grounded planes in New Jersey, prompting the governor to declare a state of emergency. The deluge also hit New York and Pennsylvania.