THE BRONX (WPIX) --- Hours and hours after Tropical Storm Ida dumped torrential rain that created historic flooding, New Yorkers were still bailing out cars they'd abandoned Wednesday night in order to save their lives.
Hundreds of cars were stranded in Mount Vernon, Westchester and the Bronx alone.
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NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 02: Cars sit abandoned on a roadway in the Bronx that flooded following a night of heavy wind and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on September 2, 2021 in New York City. Multiple fatalities have been reported in the region after the storm passed through, causing massive flooding and a widespread disruption of subway service. A tornado touched down in Pennsylvania resulting in extensive property damage. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) -
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 02: Cars sit abandoned on a roadway in the Bronx that flooded following a night of heavy wind and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on September 2, 2021 in New York City. Multiple fatalities have been reported in the region after the storm passed through, causing massive flooding and a widespread disruption of subway service. A tornado touched down in Pennsylvania resulting in extensive property damage. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) -
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 02: Cars sit abandoned on a roadway in the Bronx that flooded following a night of heavy wind and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on September 2, 2021 in New York City. Multiple fatalities have been reported in the region after the storm passed through, causing massive flooding and a widespread disruption of subway service. A tornado touched down in Pennsylvania resulting in extensive property damage. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) -
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 02: Train tracks are flooded in the Bronx following a night of heavy wind and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on September 2, 2021 in New York City. Multiple fatalities have been reported in the region after the storm passed through, causing massive flooding and a widespread disruption of subway service. A tornado touched down in Pennsylvania resulting in extensive property damage. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) -
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 02: Train tracks are flooded in the Bronx following a night of heavy wind and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on September 2, 2021 in New York City. Multiple fatalities have been reported in the region after the storm passed through, causing massive flooding and a widespread disruption of subway service. A tornado touched down in Pennsylvania resulting in extensive property damage. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) -
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 02: Train tracks are flooded in the Bronx following a night of heavy wind and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on September 2, 2021 in New York City. Multiple fatalities have been reported in the region after the storm passed through, causing massive flooding and a widespread disruption of subway service. A tornado touched down in Pennsylvania resulting in extensive property damage. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) -
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 02: Cars sit abandoned on a highway in the Bronx that flooded following a night of heavy wind and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on September 2, 2021 in New York City. Multiple fatalities have been reported in the region after the storm passed through, causing massive flooding and a widespread disruption of subway service. A tornado touched down in Pennsylvania resulting in extensive property damage. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) -
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 02: Cars sit abandoned on a highway that flooded following a night of extremely heavy rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on September 02, 2021 in the Bronx borough of New York City. Multiple fatalities have been reported in the region after the storm passed through, causing massive flooding and a widespread disruption of subway service. A tornado touched down in Pennsylvania resulting in extensive property damage. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) -
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 02: Cars sit abandoned on a flooded highway in the Bronx following as night of heavy wind and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on September 2, 2021 in New York City. Numerous people were killed in New York and tornadoes did heavy damage to parts of New Jersey as the evening storm caught many off guard with the severity of its rain and wind and flooding. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)) -
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 02: Cars sit abandoned on a flooded highway following a night of extremely heavy rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on September 02, 2021 in the Bronx borough of New York City. Multiple fatalities have been reported in the region after the storm passed through, causing massive flooding and a widespread disruption of subway service. A tornado touched down in Pennsylvania resulting in extensive property damage. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) -
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 02: Cars sit abandoned on a flooded highway in the Bronx following as night of heavy wind and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on September 2, 2021 in New York City. Numerous people were killed in New York and tornadoes did heavy damage to parts of New Jersey as the evening storm caught many off guard with the severity of its rain and wind and flooding. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)) -
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 02: Cars sit abandoned on a flooded highway in the Bronx following as night of heavy wind and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on September 2, 2021 in New York City. Numerous people were killed in New York and tornadoes did heavy damage to parts of New Jersey as the evening storm caught many off guard with the severity of its rain and wind and flooding. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)) -
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 02: Cars sit abandoned on a flooded highway in the Bronx following as night of heavy wind and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on September 2, 2021 in New York City. Numerous people were killed in New York and tornadoes did heavy damage to parts of New Jersey as the evening storm caught many off guard with the severity of its rain and wind and flooding. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)) -
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 02: Cars sit abandoned on a flooded highway in the Bronx following as night of heavy wind and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on September 2, 2021 in New York City. Numerous people were killed in New York and tornadoes did heavy damage to parts of New Jersey as the evening storm caught many off guard with the severity of its rain and wind and flooding. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)) -
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 01: Rainfall from Hurricane Ida flood the basement of a Kennedy Fried Chicken fast food restaurant on September 1, 2021, in the Bronx borough of New York City. The once category 4 hurricane passed through New York City, dumping 3.15 inches of rain in the span of an hour at Central Park. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images) -
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 01: A delivery worker makes their way in the rainfall from Hurricane Ida during a flood on Intervale Avenue on September 1, 2021, in the Bronx borough of New York City. The once category 4 hurricane passed through New York City, dumping 3.15 inches of rain in the span of an hour at Central Park. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)
AAA said it's seen a 450% increase in requests for tows; that began at 11 p.m. Wednesday.
And when you make the trek to retrieve your vehicle -- maybe on the Bronx River Parkway, which looks more like the river that bears its name -- experts say not to expect much.
"Unfortunately," Robert Sinclair of AAA said, with the computers and electronics in modern vehicles, "if you get inundated by water, you probably have a scrap of junk right now.
By Thursday night, all previously disabled vehicles due to flooding had been removed from Manhattan and Brooklyn, though the Bronx remained impacted, the NYPD said.
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