Newark, New Jersey is getting hit with flooding and the Newark Airport is getting hammered too. All flights are suspended as a record rainfall continues. New Jersey and New York have declared a State of Emergency.
Videos from the inside the airport and from the baggage claim area below show major flooding:
“Terminal B ground level at EWR added a swimming pool!”
Breaking: Video shows Major flooding inside Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey. pic.twitter.com/6Ga2kU9D21
— PM Breaking News (@PMBreakingNews) September 2, 2021
The baggage claim area is flooded:
Flooding baggage area at newark airport pic.twitter.com/LxjDJHpXAH
— Bill Ritter (@billritter7) September 2, 2021
The citizens of Newark are calling out the city to “fix this!”
Hey news sites YES you have my permission to publish. Now please @CityofNewarkNJ @rasjbaraka fix this!!! It’s only getting worse here in #Newark #flooding #nj #hurricanida pic.twitter.com/laFgYW2ogd
— Nick Kurczewski (@NKcars) September 2, 2021
The video below shows the subway gushing water:
#nyc #Newark #HurricaneIda
It’s about time we stop just patching up the Infrastructure built before our grandparents were born.— itsallrealitv (@itsallrealitv) September 2, 2021
Video from Short Hills, NJ:
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declares state of emergency due to record flash flooding; state of emergency also declared in New Jersey. #ida #NJ #Newark pic.twitter.com/pI0oe4RPOf
— DR. Angel Canela (@angelcanela) September 2, 2021
More flooding:
Major Flooding in Newark, New Jersey!!🚨⚠️🚨⚠️🚨⚠️🚨⚠️ pic.twitter.com/ZmqRpfuqtt
— JamieLynn_TrumpGrl💋 (@2jamielynn) September 2, 2021