NYC highways become rivers as storms hit ahead of Tropical Storm Elsa

Thou shalt not pass.

Highways across the city were overwhelmed with water on Thursday afternoon, as rains ahead of Tropical Storm Elsa shut down the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx. Photo and video posted on Twitter showed drivers going single-file on one side of the stretch of I-87 near 179th Street — as an NYPD rescue team in a massive truck assists multiple drivers whose cars appear completely trapped on the other.