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Aug 15, 2011

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The Merrick fire department was called to rescue people trapped in their cars along the Meadowbrook parkway between Southern Parkway and Sunrise highway. PAUL J. DeMARIA

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Exit M7 on the Meadowbrrok Parkway was under serveral feet of water after rain pounded the area. Neil Miller

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A waterlogged car sits on Harrison Street in Hoboken, N.J. AP Photo

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Many yards in Bellmore, N.Y., flooded as more than eight inches of rain fell in the area. Neil Miller

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A vehicle navigates through a flooded portion of the Broadway exit ramp off the Pulaski Skyway in Jersey City, N.J. AP Photo

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Cars attempt to power through flooded areas of Babylon Turnpike and Meadowbrook Road in Merrick, N.Y. Neil Miller

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Water puddled up in the 34th Street Subway station due to heavy rain. Riyad Hasan

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A delivery man holds his shoes as he wades through floodwater at Harrison Street and 1st Street in Hoboken, N.J. AP Photo

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The Merrick fire dept was summoned to assist, and at one point rescue people trapped in their cars along the Meadowbrook parkway between Southern Parkway & Sunrise highway. PAUL J. DeMARIA

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The Merrick fire dept was summoned this morning to assist, and at one point rescue people trapped in their cars along the Meadowbrook parkway between Southern Parkway & Sunrise highway. PAUL J. DeMARIA

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In Manhattan a young girl heads down the subway steps to catch the F-train after walking along in the August rain. G.N. MIller/New York Post

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