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At a Glance Streets were flooded from Boston to Long Island on Sunday.

Rescuers were helping people in stranded cars in North Bellmore, N.Y.

Flooding washed cars from a New Jersey dealership into a river.

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Localized torrential rainfall led to street flooding from Boston to Long Island on Sunday.

The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a flash flood warning for parts of Essex County in northeastern Massachusetts until 2:15 p.m. EDT. More than 8 inches of rain fell in Lynn. Seven inches were reported in Peabody. Flooding was reported in Salem, Massachusetts, according to the weather service.

In Lynn, cars were seen floating down Monroe Street, and in a building on that street, people were standing on chairs because of the flooding, the NWS said.

Flooding in front of Salem Hospital in Salem forced the hospital to divert patients to other facilities, the NWS said. Peabody also was seeing many streets flooded, with up to a foot of water on some roadways.

A Green Line trolley ran off the tracks in Boston, Joe Pesaturo, a spokesman for the MBTA, told the Boston Globe, when it hit “roadway debris created by the heavy rain” a little after 7 a.m.

Cambridge was hardest hit in the Boston area. The NWS said 1.36 inches of rain fell there in just an hour.

In New York's Nassau County, rescuers in North Bellmore were pulling people from stranded cars after more than 2 inches of rain fell in 40 minutes. Major flooding closed many streets. Reports said people were stranded in their cars in East Meadow and Bellmore, as well.

Eight to 10 inches of water was standing on Jerusalem Avenue in East Meadow, reports said.

The threat of flash floods remains high through Monday.

Cleanup began Sunday in New York and New Jersey, where thunderstorms and heavy downpours Saturday caused widespread flooding.

A Facebook video showed flash flooding pushing cars from a New Jersey dealership down a river Saturday and striking an overpass in Little Falls, New Jersey.



“I’ve been here 17 years, never had a drop of water in the basement,” Barbara Yuhas, 59, of Little Falls, whose home flooded with more than 4 feet of water, told northjersey.com. “This was a total shocker to me .”

A retaining wall collapsed at an apartment complex in Fairview, New Jersey, on Saturday. No one was hurt, but the complex was evacuated, and damage from the walls left 30 apartments and two homes unlivable, Fairview Fire Battalion Chief Vincent Bellucci said.

Flash flooding Saturday also triggered numerous water rescues in New Jersey and New York.

According to National Weather Service reports, numerous water rescues were undertaken Saturday morning in several New Jersey cities, including Hoboken and Jersey City. Several roads were reportedly impassable in Hoboken, according to reports.

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In metro New York City, street flooding on the Federal Highway was reported in Manhattan. In Queens, a water rescue was underway at the intersection of Rockaway Blvd. and Brookville Blvd.

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Continued flooding Saturday afternoon in Camden, New Jersey, forced the closure of the River Line rail line in both directions between Walter and the transportation center. The waterfront entertainment center stations were also closed, due to flooding.

Rain and the risk of flooding will continue into early next week in the Northeast as a closed upper-level low develops and lingers, says weather.com meteorologist Linda Lam.