This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. It was fast and furious. Today, parts of the new york metropolitan area got more rain more quickly than it had ever seen before, and heres of the result massive flooding, roadways disappeared drivers were stranded and had to be rescued. Getting to work, a challenge on any day was next to irm possible today. Don dahler is on long island, long and today deep in water. System in this part of long island is designed to handle five inches of rain over a 24hour period. This morning it got almost three times that much in just a few hours. The storm hit at the worst possible time the beginning of the morning rush. Commuters found themselves trapped in their cars by the rapidly rising floodwaters. Bill obrien was trying to get to work. Everybody just they tried to get off as fast as they could and climb up the side of the road because the water was coming up thate than 13 inches of rain fell in hours. That is more than they ge
laughter captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. It was fast andus. Today, parts of the new york metropolitan area got more rain more quickly than it had ever seen before, and heres of the result massive flooding, roadways disappeared, drivers were stranded and had to be rescued. Getting to work, a challenge on any day, was next to irm possible today. Don dahler is on long island, long and today deep in water. Don. Reporter so true, scott. The drainage system in this part of long island is designed to handle five inches of rain over a 24hour period. This morning, it got almost three times that much in just a few hours. The storm hit at the worst possible time the beginning of the morning rush. Commuters found themselves trapped in their cars by the rapidly rising floodwaters. Bill obrien was trying to get to work. Everybody just they tried to get off as fast as they could and climb up the side of the road because the water was co
Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. It was fast and furious. Today, parts of the new york metropolitan area got more rain more quickly than it had ever seen before, and here is the result massive flooding, roadways disappeared, drivers were stranded and had to be rescued. Getting to work, a challenge on any day, was next to impossible today. Don dahler is on long island, long and today deep in water. Don. Reporter so true, scott. The drainage system in this part of long island is designed to handle five inches of rain over a 24hour period. This morning, it got almost three times that much in just a few hours. The storm hit at the worst possible time the beginning of the morning rush. Commuters found themselves trapped in their cars by the rapidly rising floodwaters. Bill obrien was trying to get to work. Everybody just they tried to get off as fast as they could and climb up the side of the road because the water was coming up that fast. Reporter more than 13 inches of ra
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