QUEENS -- Roads all around the New York area were underwater including part of the Long Island Expressway.
Video showed the area near Francis Lewis Boulevard in Queens.
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Traffic was blocked by a flooded road and the footage shows a woman taking matters into her own hands.
Daphne Youree can be seen using her feet and a traffic cone to hack away at the gunk clogging up a sewer grate under an overpass.
She says she was one of the first drivers to be stopped in the flooding and saw the opportunity to help.
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City Council Speaker Corey Johnson responded to her efforts, thanking her for being a good Samaritan and great New Yorker.