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Inga Sarda-Sorensen
The storm rips through New York City Wednesday afternoon.
Photographer Inga Sarda-Sorensen took this stunning photograph as the storm descended on New York City Wednesday afternoon. Reports of hail and heavy rain along the Jersey Coast come before a predicted break in the hot weather over the next couple of days.
Dhani Jones
Photo by Dhani Jones over New York City Wednesday afternoon @DhaniJones: http://instagram.com/p/NOuYQYgpx4
Photographer Dhani Jones (@Dhani jones on Twitter) took this photograph while flying around the storm and quickly posted it to his Instagram account, user name d0057.
Thunderstorms rolled through New York City on Wednesday, relieving the city of sweltering temperatures but replacing them with pounding rain, strong winds – and hail.
On Wednesday evening, storms affected air traffic along the East Coast and beyond. Inbound traffic to Newark International was delayed by more than 90 minutes, according to the FAA, while LaGuardia Airport was experiencing delays of more than two hours.
Adrees Latif / Reuters
Commuters dodge high wind and heavy rain during a thunderstorm in midtown Manhattan, in New York July 18.
Thousands of New Yorkers lost power, and at least one injury was blamed on the storms, NBCNewYork.com reported.
Earlier in the day, temperatures hit 103 degrees in Newark, 100 in Central Park, 101 at LaGuardia and 96 at JFK International.
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Enjoy the Midwest weather NYC. It can be brutal stuff...
It looks man made... ; ]]
Cheers
That is a microburst and is a very common event on the East Coast. In New Jersey, we used to call these "plow winds" and the sudden blast down and outward could tear roofs off houses and snap off telephone poles at the ground. It's beautiful from the air....awesome pics.
Cool pictures, but I am not sure why this is national headline news. It must be a very slow news day.
It's because it happened in NYC.
And your point is?? It rained in New York... Stop the press!!! LAME-O!!
Obviously this is Bush's fault!
I give a shlt about NYC's weather why? Get your sorry asses off my home page!
Now this is one mother who does what she wants no BS talk back..MOTHER NATURE!
That is one beautiful photo by Inga Sorenson.
Jim you suck.
Severe weather is a symptom of man-made climate change, also known as global warming.
Does every media story have to be about politics or some missing kid or some murder? Very interesting pictures and a nice break from politics, some missing kid or some murder.
Doubter does that number haunt you also?
microbursts are common over 90% of the US, not native to Jersey or the east coast. That picture is not stunning either. Just a pic of a storm, have seen many and God willing, will see many more and hopefully soon.
NYC talk to the hand! With love, the state of Michigan.
NYC verses Storm Lets hope the storm wins.
kaybeetoys I guess tornados and huricanes are caused by global warming too. IT IS JULY!!!! DUH!!!!
NYC needed a good shower after all this heat. Starts to smell after a while like several nasty things.
Cool Pictures.
Poor NY babies! Water from God is a good thing you know, even if some bad things happen during the storm!
Sorry some of you snotty New York bitches will have to go to your hair dresser again this week! LMAOROLF!!!
Cool Pics
Not worth a comment
It rained. On Wedndesday. In NYC. Oh, dear.
yet you left a comment... okayyy.
The moment you wrote "Not worth a comment", you made a comment. Ha!
yet you still managed to comment...
who the hell cares mannn
There is no Dana... only ZUUL!
totally! just what my hubbie & I thought when we saw the pic! :)
Looks like a batman movie.
That picture by Dhani Jones looks like a massive tornado!
Probably an inversion of heat rising up - but that is how tornadoes form..... Let's hope not..... with their population concentration, age of buildings, and unfamiliarity to this type of weather of the populace..... An F3/F4 or better in NYC would eclipse the Tri-state in casualties
You too could make your photo looks like this using the "FREE" Picassa. That photo is definately dr.'d up. Those pictures could have easily been here in Houston where we have had storms for the past 3 weeks. At least it keeps the temperatures down. I will take the storms over the 105* & droughts we had for the past 3 years anytime.
So you think Houston looks like NYC? And please, not everyone "doctors" things up.
Houston does have a NYC looking skyline; just lower to the ground.
Even the Gods are mad at James Dolan.
Suffolk County on L.I. is under a sever Thunderstorm watch - from the photos, the rest of NYC should be, too.
Stay safe NYC, and good luck. (You might want to get off the streets)
Welcome to Florida every single day at 3:00 p.m. in the summertime...Big Deal.
You got it! And they making big deal.
the story isn't that it rained, the story is the photographer's ability to catch the event with such a dramatic photo.
You lose power outage every day at 3:00 PM at your house? I feel bad for you then.
Looks like a movie scene from Ghostbusters!
That's what I thought, too! Right out of the movie itself!!
Even the Gods are mad at James Dolan.
The first picture is reminiscent of El Greco's "View of Toledo."
The second picture is so visually impressive that it is difficult to believe it is real.
The third picture is all too real and common.
I can forgive Mother Nature for the wet discomfort as long as she provides us with sights like the first two images.
That's a sign that the end of the world is near. Look in the North Pole the ice is melting the goverment keeps messing with the ozone layer a lot of things are happening pretty soon we will have to wear spacesuits to live on earth.
Wouldn't they be called "Earth Suits?"
It' looks like a movie. Here comes the Ancient Aliens. Then California is next.
Happend in Florida so we got Scott. (2 years ago)
Oh Nooooooes ! The skies over NYC got dark?
What do we DO? What about the CHILDREN ??!!
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That first picture looks like Ghostbusters. So the Sumerian god Gozer the Gozerian has found a way to come back again. Sac up New York, its just a thunderstorm.
I worked in NY for along time and never saw anything like that before. by the way looking for a job back home. Got stuck in the Mid-West and it sucks.
Ha ha ha ha ha...good one Patrick :)
"The Nothing" has arrived in NYC in this Neverending Story...
I guess my hometown has learned what normal rain during the summer in Texas can be
unfortunately it doesn't rain enough down here
Worked there and grow up there that is the worst i ever saw. by the way any jobs there, stuck here in the Mid-West and it sucks. all rednecks.
We "rednecks" are used to the weather" toughen up city boy or go home.
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I'm a native new yorker and I have lived for a time in chicago, kansas city and washington dc,
met a lot of good people but never met a mid-westerner who could handle the pace of work that
we have in New York. Yes, you have worse weather than NYC, but you really don't know tough.
I retired to Texas as my health needs heat but I would be back in NYC if I could.
So, Gozer the Gozerian is coming back to our world. Who ya gonna call?
Check with Florida, we are still wondering about Scott so call Governor. Where is he from?
Ahhh, who cares if it rains on New York, it's an ugly city anyhow.
Ya know, as a native Californian, I thought the same for a long time. Until I visited and saw for myself. Unless you've actually been there perhaps keep your "ugly" comments to yourself.
I notice you don't mention where you're from...
I've read most of the comments on this first page, and what I find unusual is the lack of knowledge about the east coast power grid. Oh, the grid! You know, the one that is somewhat centrally located in and around NYC. And if the weather goes rough, the systems overload, a cascade starts, and poof . . . . no power--for anyone--over a very large area. We've had a couple of those grid failures over the past 30 years (that I actually remember), and none was fun.
Maybe a few of you missed it a couple of weeks ago, but we had a massive inland hurricane sweep through Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia and on down the coast. Some folks took 11 days to get their power back on. And it was 108* on one of those days. Most days peaked around 100*. So yes, that's why we should pay attention to the weather, winds and possible negative outcomes.
As for the pics, they are really interesting. I like the distance long shots, it redefines of how we look at CGI in the movies, and helps others express the concepts of nature. Keep up the good work.
Like so what get this BS off the news
Nothing wrong with a little fluff on the news sites, it means Al Quaeda hasn't done anything major today.
Great photographs. Those people acting all smart ass asking why this is news just can't appreciate good photography I guess. Newspapers and news sites are perfectly appropriate places for this. And weird or extreme weather is news. It does look like Ghostbusters. LOL. That person who said the government is messing with the ozone layer, I think it's more like the gov't isn't doing enough to stop global warming. The oil and other big mega corps don't want anything to mess with their short term profits and politicians, except for a few Democrats with integrity, are doing their bidding, instead of standing up to save our environment. Very sad.