Flooding caused delays on multiple New York City subway lines Monday as torrential rain pummeled the Tri-State Area.

When the train doors opened, "quite a lot of water came in, so almost all of us stood up on the seats," a passenger told Newsweek.

New York and New Jersey flooding shut down the NYC subway system, closed roads, and delayed and canceled flights as heavy rains swept across the Northeast Monday night.

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.

Subway passengers in New York City were left stranded inside carriages after torrential rain caused flood waters to gush onto platforms. Video footage from the platform of 28th Street Station showed passengers watching from inside the train as water poured into the station.

Two people died in New Jersey after their car was swept away. Public transit was largely running normally on Tuesday morning, hours after water flooded subway stations and damaged highways.

Two people died when flash floods struck New Jersey on Monday, submerging cars, flooding roadways and canceling flights.The victims were killed when their car was swept into Cedar Brook in Plainfield,