Storm takes over New York: Incredible pictures of torrential rain, lightning, and HAIL breaking the city's triple-digit heatwave

Manhattanites were hit with a torrential rain storm that turned the air from a humid summer swelter to a soggy downpour in a New York minute.

As pedestrians took cover, meteorologists looked for explanations.

'It went out with a bang,' National Weather Service meteorologist Joey Pica said of the triple-digit heat that suffocated the city for the past three days
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