Photos show major flooding from New York City-area storms

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 Storms prompted flash flood warnings across the New York City metropolitan area Monday night, with photos showing severe flooding across the city and in parts of New York state and New Jersey. 

 Heavy rain moved through the region Monday, causing flooding in the city's northern suburbs and New Jersey, where Gov.  Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency. 

 New York City subway service was experiencing severe delays due to stations flooding, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.  Metro-North Railroad service into and out of Grand Central Terminal was also delayed.  It was requested that commuters postpone travel until train service could resume between the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx in New York City. Drivers have also been dealing with flooded roads and highways due to the intense rainfall, with many reports in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, and Westchester County, New York. 

 Westchester County Executive Ken Jenkins said the floods happened "very, very quickly" and that the county received numerous 911 calls. 

 "It was not something that was just a gradual move up, certainly in some of our more prone areas, like the Bronx River Parkway, right there on Main Street, which traditionally floods when it rains really hard.  In those cases, those folks are being rescued by local emergency services personnel, mostly local fire departments," Jenkins said. 

 Flash flood warnings

 In some areas of the region, flash flood warnings remained in effect until approximately 10 p.m. The storms were not moving very quickly, however, which meant the soaking rain would persist. 

 The majority of the region was under a flash flood watch that was set to end at midnight. Initial estimates of rainfall hit more than six inches in parts of the area by 8 p.m.