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.

In July 2025, footage allegedly showing flooding in a New York City subway station circulated online. One post ( archived) received more than 10.8 million views, as of this writing. The footage captured subway passengers before panning to the station outside the train, where water was flooding from a "geyser" in the floor of the station.