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Scenes from around the region as remnants of Ida pummel Northeast: See how the storm affected each state

By Brittany Bowker and Amanda Kaufman Globe Staff,Updated September 2, 2021, 2:57 p.m.
Homes damaged from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on Josephine Lane in Mullica Hill, N.J. on Thursday.MONICA HERNDON/Associated Press

Leftovers from Hurricane Ida slammed into the Northeast overnight, triggering tornado watches across parts of southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and sending New York City into a state of emergency as subway stations roared with the sound of rushing water from flooding that halted transit service.

Heavy rain continued to fall across Massachusetts early Thursday, causing street flooding in some areas as most of the state remained under a flash flood warning until late in the morning.

Flooding was reported across the state, including in parts of Boston near Storrow Drive, where a car was reportedly stuck as of around 5 a.m., according to local news outlets.

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Waltham school buses in flooded waters.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
A flooded car wash off Lexington Street in Waltham.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
Plymouth Highway foreman Bob Birkenhead carried a large hose as he worked to pump out a flooded parking lot behind a beauty salon on Samoset Street in Plymouth. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
Ed Kelley and his son, Austin, 4, surveyed his car and his neighbor’s camper and van in the the flooded parking lot behind his apartment on Main Street in Kingston on Thursday. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
Thomas E. Burgin Pkwy in Quincy flooded and was closed in the early morning rush hour.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff

In Rhode Island, at least one road washed out in Portsmouth due to the severe weather, and one part of the town received up to 8 inches of rain.

Fairview Lane in Portsmouth, R.I.MARK STOCKWELL FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE
Fairview Lane in Portsmouth, R.I. MARK STOCKWELL FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE
A resident waded through a flooded street in Narragansett, R.I., on Thursday after the remnants of Hurricane Ida passed through the area.David Goldman/Associated Press
The raging waters of the Pawtuxet River from the Pawtuxet River Bridge in Cranston, R.I. on Thursday.MARK STOCKWELL FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE
Sections of Thames and Hope streets in Bristol, R.I., were closed on Thursday as a result of the flooding.MARK STOCKWELL FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

In New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, more than two dozen people were killed in the storm. Eight people were trapped in a flooded basement in New York City, and five people were found dead in an Elizabeth, N.J., apartment complex.

The National Weather Service in New York on Wednesday night issued its first-ever set of flash flood emergencies in the state, warning of conditions that pose a “severe threat to human life and catastrophic damage from a flash flood.”

The storm also prompted tornadoes in the region that ripped apart homes in Mullica Hill, N.J. Photos showed tattered homes as a result of a tornado that destroyed the structures, exposing the interior of the homes and leaving only wood slats left standing. Pieces of wood and debris were scattered around the neighborhood.

In New York City, striking videos of water cascading into subway stations illustrated the extent of the flooding from the storm. Scenes from around the rest of the state show significant flooding, with vehicles almost completely submerged underwater in some areas. In New Jersey, flooding inundated the Newark airport as the city experienced its wettest day in recorded history, according to reports.

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Onlookers in the Bronx surveyed the floodwaters inundating Interstate Highway 87, also known as the Major Deegan Expressway, on Thursday morning.GREG VIGLIOTTI/NYT
Commuters walked past a closed entrance at Penn Station in New York on Thursday.John Taggart/NYT
Homes damaged from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on Josephine Lane in Mullica Hill, N.J.MONICA HERNDON/Associated Press
The wreckage of a gas station in the Whitestone neighborhood of Queens on Thursday morning.John Taggart/NYT
The scene on Thursday in Queens, where a 43-year-old woman and her 22-year-old son were found dead in their basement apartment after floodwaters inundated their neighborhood. DAKOTA SANTIAGO/NYT
Cars were abandoned on the flooded Major Deegan Expressway on Thursday in the Bronx following a night of heavy wind and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida.Spencer Platt/Getty
River water flooded West Williams Street on Thursday in Lincoln Park, New Jersey.Michael M. Santiago/Getty

Brittany Bowker can be reached at brittany.bowker@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @brittbowker and on Instagram @brittbowker. Amanda Kaufman can be reached at amanda.kaufman@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @amandakauf1.