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Wild videos show flooded LaGuardia Airport terminal, travelers attempting to flee ankle-deep waters

LaGuardia Airport in New York was hit by torrential downpours on Friday, causing widespread flooding and chaos, according to a report by the New York Post1 5. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning, citing a “dangerous and life-threatening situation” caused by the storm, which is expected to dump up to 7 inches of rain on the city4. The airport was forced to close its Terminal A, where flights on Spirit and Frontier airlines depart, as the floodwaters barreled through the building1. Photos and videos posted online showed the terminal covered in water as frantic passengers tried to flee, with some travelers attempting to wade through ankle-deep water1 5.

One woman even shared footage from inside one of the terminals, showing her TikTok followers the water creeping up over her boots and seeping through the building’s revolving doors1. “NEVER FLYING FROM LAGUARDIA AGAIN,” she wrote on the clip1. Another video posted to TikTok by influencer Batsheva Haart showed a car struggling to drive through the water that piled up on the surrounding roads1. She called the footage a “PSA anyone coming into or leaving LGA”1.

The storm also drenched parts of the city’s subway system, turning a staircase at the Grand Army Plaza station on the 2/3 line in Brooklyn into a waterfall, as seen in a bystander’s dramatic cellphone video4 6. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority begged commuters to stay home if possible, and virtually every subway line was at least partly affected by the flooding4 6. Brooklyn and Queens have been hit the hardest by the storm, with the highest rain total of just under 7 inches recorded at Brooklyn’s historic Green-Wood Cemetery4.

Key facts:

LaGuardia Airport in New York was hit by torrential downpours on Friday, causing widespread flooding and chaos, according to a report by the New York Post1 5.
The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning, citing a “dangerous and life-threatening situation” caused by the storm, which is expected to dump up to 7 inches of rain on the city4.
The airport was forced to close its Terminal A, where flights on Spirit and Frontier airlines depart, as the floodwaters barreled through the building1.
Photos and videos posted online showed the terminal covered in water as frantic passengers tried to flee, with some travelers attempting to wade through ankle-deep water1 5.
The storm also drenched parts of the city’s subway system, turning a staircase at the Grand Army Plaza station on the 2/3 line in Brooklyn into a waterfall, as seen in a bystander’s dramatic cellphone video4 6.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority begged commuters to stay home if possible, and virtually every subway line was at least partly affected by the flooding4 6.

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