NYC Flood Advisory In Effect Through Tuesday Night

NEW YORK, NY — The flooding that turned many New York City streets into rivers is starting to recede, but a flood advisory will remain in effect through Tuesday night, according to the National Weather Service.

Scattered heavy rain showers and isolated thunderstorms will continue to hit New York City on Tuesday morning, which could drop as much as one inch of rain on areas that were already flooded during Monday's storms. A National Weather Service flash flood warning for all five city boroughs will remain active until noon.

"Additional heavy rain moving over already saturated grounds, may produce localized flash flooding. This will be especially true in areas of poor drainage, low-lying areas, and in urban areas," a National Weather Service report reads.

Flooding hit several areas of Brooklyn and Queens especially hard on Monday, turning streets into rivers and forcing many New Yorkers to chose between be stuck inside or brave knee-deep waters. A number of New York City-area highways such as the Long Island Expressway and Brooklyn Queens Expressway were also flooded.

Areas hit the hardest Monday included Jamaica, Queens, Williamsburg, Park Slope and Boro Park, Brooklyn and parts of Staten Island, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson said on social media. Water started to recede from the areas Monday night, the speaker said.

Monday's severe flooding caused a number of New York City officials to question whether the city has made sufficient resiliency improvements since the incredible damage caused by Superstorm Sandy in 2012.

"Bottom line is as #climatechange change gets worse, we’re going 2 face more challenges from extreme weather, and more&more often. We must do all we can to get our infrastructure ready. Every night like this we need to recommit ourselves to the global fight against climate change," Johnson said in a statement posted to Twitter.

Check out some of the intense flooding that hit NYC on Monday: