New Yorkers, after days of heavy smoke and torrid temperatures, are met with thunderstorms and flash flooding - KVIA
By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Following days of smoky skies and soaring temperatures, the Big Apple and surrounding areas were pummeled Saturday with heavy thunderstorms, downpours and flash floods. Two to four inches of rain fell by early afternoon Saturday, with up to an inch an hour expected, according to the National Weather Service.