Weather tracker: flash floods in New York and a heat dome in Europe
Lauren Herdman (Metdesk)
Rain overwhelms sewer system in parts of US city, while temperatures in France break May record New York City saw flash flooding on Wednesday as large parts of Brooklyn and Queens received about 2ins (50mm) of rainfall in as little as 20 minutes. Officials said the deluge caused water to flow into the sewer system at a rate of up to 6ins an hour, quickly overwhelming an aged network that was designed to accommodate just 1.75ins an hour. Residents and commuters found themselves wading knee-deep t