<p>After flash flood warnings and a state of emergency were declared in New York City and New Jersey on Monday due to heavy rainfall, as announced by the New Jersey governor, several videos and photos emerged on social media showing severe street flooding. As visuals of submerged homes and cars being swept away by floodwaters began circulating online, internet users started mocking the situation by drawing comparisons of New York City with Gurugram.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>One of the users in a post on social media platform X said, “THIS IS NOT #Gurugram, THIS IS NEW-JERSEY., The Administration’s response planning and standards would not be the same as Gurgaon. Heavy flooding due to torrential rainfall in NJ, USA (14.07.2025) Nature is a big force; temporary flooding can happen in the best-planned city, too. #GurugramRains Not taking away the fact that our administration has not performed up to mark.”</p>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">THIS IS NOT <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gurugram?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Gurugram</a>, THIS IS NEW-JERSEY., The Administration&#39;s response planning and standards would not be the same as Gurgaon. <br> Heavy flooding due to torrential rainfall in NJ, USA 🇺🇸 (14.07.2025) <br>Nature is a big force; temporary flooding can happen in the best-planned… <a href="https://t.co/OA5y19RTHs">pic.twitter.com/OA5y19RTHs</a></p>&mdash; Raman Malik🇮🇳 (मोदी का परिवार) (@ramanmalik) <a href="https://twitter.com/ramanmalik/status/1944984278757970356?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 15, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<p>In a post on X, the Paytm founder also uploaded a video of the NYC flood with a caption, "Not Gurugram but NYC."</p>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Not Gurugram but NYC. <br><br> <a href="https://t.co/SJDO5P5yFD">pic.twitter.com/SJDO5P5yFD</a></p>&mdash; Vijay Shekhar Sharma (@vijayshekhar) <a href="https://twitter.com/vijayshekhar/status/1945042651243536651?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 15, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<p>Commenting on the post of the Paytm founder, a user said, “1: NYC apparently had more than 200mm of rain 2: Gurugram had about 133mm of rain From what I’ve read, the severity of flooding in Gurugram is generally worse for lesser rainfall. Great city, except when it rains! Though both cities face flooding frequently.”&nbsp;</p><p><br>&nbsp;</p>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">True. However:<br>1: NYC apparently had more than 200mm of rain <br>2: Gurugram had about 133mm of rain<br>From what I&#39;ve read, the severity of flooding in Gurugram is generally worse for lesser rainfall. Great city, except when it rains! Though both cities face flooding frequently. 🤷‍♂️ <a href="https://t.co/FLZF0EDHJd">https://t.co/FLZF0EDHJd</a></p>&mdash; Nikhil Shahane (@Bingeljell) <a href="https://twitter.com/Bingeljell/status/1945075690195259496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 15, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<p>&nbsp;</p><p>“Water rushing into a posh Gurgaon Apartment. Such is the state of drainage. Oh wait it’s New York,” another user said.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Water rushing into a posh Gurgaon Apartment. Such is the state of drainage.<br><br>Oh wait it&#39;s New York <a href="https://t.co/rNG0jlAxYm">pic.twitter.com/rNG0jlAxYm</a></p>&mdash; Gabbar (@GabbbarSingh) <a href="https://twitter.com/GabbbarSingh/status/1433305743248089088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 2, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<p>The next user added, “We always make fun of Bharat in various cities like Mumbai , Delhi during rainy seasons when it floods.. Now see what happens in USA a Developed Nation New York City emergency officials have issued a travel advisory as heavy rain and flooding happens."</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We always make fun of Bharat in various cities like Mumbai , Delhi during rainy seasons when it floods..<br><br>Now see what happens in USA a Developed Nation <br><br>New York City emergency officials have issued a travel advisory as heavy rain and flooding happens<a href="https://t.co/93j7szns0V">https://t.co/93j7szns0V</a> <a href="https://t.co/gC4VO1Bb9b">pic.twitter.com/gC4VO1Bb9b</a></p>&mdash; AstroCounselKK 🇮🇳 (@AstroCounselKK) <a href="https://twitter.com/AstroCounselKK/status/1707778202180149579?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<p>Meanwhile, officials reported on Tuesday that two people in New Jersey were killed after their vehicle was consumed in floodwaters during a storm that moved across the U.S. Northeast overnight.<br>&nbsp;</p>

Several social media users mocked the posted footage of the flooded streets of New Jersey, drawing comparisons with Gurugram. The clip showed the submerged homes and cars being swept away by floodwaters.

After flash flood warnings and a state of emergency were declared in New York City and New Jersey on Monday due to heavy rainfall, as announced by the New Jersey governor, several videos and photos emerged on social media showing severe street flooding. As visuals of submerged homes and cars being swept away by floodwaters began circulating online, internet users started mocking the situation by drawing comparisons of New York City with Gurugram. One of the users in a post on social media platform X said, “THIS IS NOT #Gurugram, THIS IS NEW-JERSEY., The Administration’s response planning and standards would not be the same as Gurgaon. Heavy flooding due to torrential rainfall in NJ, USA (14.07.2025) Nature is a big force; temporary flooding can happen in the best-planned city, too. #GurugramRains Not taking away the fact that our administration has not performed up to mark.”

<p>Several social media users mocked the posted footage of the flooded streets of New Jersey, drawing comparisons with Gurugram. The clip showed the submerged homes and cars being swept away by floodwaters.</p>

‘This is not Gurugram, this is New Jersey!’: Netizens troll flooded streets of US

<p>A female sea lion named Sally made a brief escape from her enclosure at the Central Park Zoo after heavy rains inundated New York City, leading to flooding on the zoo grounds.</p>

<p>Zoo workers closely monitored Sally as she ventured around the area near her enclosure before eventually rejoining the other two sea lions in the pool, New York Times reported.&nbsp;</p>

<p>By the late afternoon, the floodwaters at the zoo had receded, and all animals were safely contained in their enclosures.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>During the storm, no zoo staff members were in danger, and the city's four zoos were closed to allow employees to focus on ensuring the animals' safety.</p>

<p>"When we arrived at the Arsenal, everything was quite flooded. We watched Sally explore the area around her enclosure and then return," Karen Dugan an employee at New York's park department was quoted as saying by New York Times. Dugan and her colleagues at the city's parks department had an unusual view of the wandering sea lion from their third-floor offices in the Arsenal, a building within the park overlooking the zoo.</p>

<h2><strong>Downpour in New York City</strong></h2>

<p>Torrential downpours after a week of mostly steady rainfall brought flash flooding to New York City on September 29, disrupting subway service, inundating ground-level apartments and turning some streets into small lakes.</p>

<p>Almost eight inches (20 cm) of rain fell in some parts of the most populous city in the US, enough to enable a sea lion at Central Park Zoo to swim briefly out of the confines of her pool enclosure.</p>

<p><strong>Also watch |&nbsp;New York: Heavy rain floods streets, strands car; emergency announced</strong></p>

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<p>Another few inches could fall in the region before the storm system pushed out to sea later on Friday, forecasters said, Reuters reported.</p>

<p>New York Governor Kathy Hochul warned of "life-threatening" floods and declared a state of emergency for New York City, Long Island, and the Hudson Valley.</p>

<p>Flooding caused major disruptions to New York's subway system and the Metro North commuter rail service, Metropolitan Transportation Agency, which operates both the services, said.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Some subway lines were closed completely for the public, and many stations were closed. Some bus routes slowed to a crawl, trapping riders for hours. Officials warned some New Yorkers to avoid traveling unless they were fleeing a flooded area.</p>

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A female sea lion named Sally made a brief escape from her enclosure at the Central Park Zoo after heavy rains inundated New York City, leading to flooding on the zoo grounds.

A female sea lion named Sally made a brief escape from her enclosure at the Central Park Zoo after heavy rains inundated New York City, leading to flooding on the zoo grounds. Zoo workers closely monitored Sally as she ventured around the area near her enclosure before eventually rejoining the other two sea lions in the pool, New York Times reported. By the late afternoon, the floodwaters at the zoo had receded, and all animals were safely contained in their enclosures. Also read | New York City: State of emergency declared as strong storms bring flash flooding - Video During the storm, no zoo staff members were in danger, and the city's four zoos were closed to allow employees to focus on ensuring the animals' safety. "When we arrived at the Arsenal, everything was quite flooded. We watched Sally explore the area around her enclosure and then return," Karen Dugan an employee at New York's park department was quoted as saying by New York Times. Dugan and her colleagues at the city's parks department had an unusual view of the wandering sea lion from their third-floor offices in the Arsenal, a building within the park overlooking the zoo. Downpour in New York City Torrential downpours after a week of mostly steady rainfall brought flash flooding to New York City on September 29, disrupting subway service, inundating ground-level apartments and turning some streets into small lakes. Almost eight inches (20 cm) of rain fell in some parts of the most populous city in the US, enough to enable a sea lion at Central Park Zoo to swim briefly out of the confines of her pool enclosure. Also watch | New York: Heavy rain floods streets, strands car; emergency announced × Another few inches could fall in the region before the storm system pushed out to sea later on Friday, forecasters said, Reuters reported. New York Governor Kathy Hochul warned of "life-threatening" floods and declared a state of emergency for New York City, Long Island, and the Hudson Valley. Flooding caused major disruptions to New York's subway system and the Metro North commuter rail service, Metropolitan Transportation Agency, which operates both the services, said. Some subway lines were closed completely for the public, and many stations were closed. Some bus routes slowed to a crawl, trapping riders for hours. Officials warned some New Yorkers to avoid traveling unless they were fleeing a flooded area. WATCH WION LIVE HERE You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here.

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Heavy rainfall in New York sparked extreme flooding and triggered landslides in Hudson Valley and killed at least one. It also swamped roadways and forced road closures on Sunday night. The national weather service issued flash flood warnings across parts of south eastern New York, describing it as "life-threatening". Residents in various parts of the city were forced to evacuate and relocate.

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‘This is not Gurugram, this is New Jersey!’: Netizens troll flooded streets of US

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