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Historic rains from storm Ida in the Northwest cause more than 20 deaths

2021-09-02T17:43:05.169Z


In New York, nine people died, most of them trapped in flooded basements. President Joe Biden said extreme storms like Ida are a reminder that the climate crisis is real.


The remnants of Hurricane Ida this morning caused historic rains and floods in the east of the country that left at least 22 deaths, from Maryland to New Yok.

Both the latter state and New Jersey declared a state of emergency after the northeastern United States recorded the scourge of the remnants of the meteorological phenomenon, which made landfall last weekend as a powerful Category 4 hurricane and moved tonight to the east.

The president, Joe Biden, assured this Thursday at a press conference that extreme storms like Ida are a reminder that

the climate crisis is real

and that the country needs to be better prepared.

Biden tried to assure residents of the northeast on Thursday that

federal first responders are working 

to help clean up after the rains and floods.

The Democrat made it clear to governors that the Federal Emergency Management Agency "is on the ground."

Deathly victims

In

New York City

, nine people were killed, eight of them trapped in flooded basements, police and Mayor Bill de Blasio said.

Another died in a car.

Among the victims is 

a 2-year-old boy,

four women and three men.

In Elizabeth,

New Jersey,

four people were found dead in an apartment complex, the mayor and city spokesman told local media, correcting an earlier report of five deaths.

In the city of Passaic, a 70-year-old man was swept away after his family was rescued from their car.

[These figures illustrate the monstrous force with which Hurricane Ida hit Louisiana]

In 

Pennsylvania,

three people died: one after a tree fell, another drowned in a car and another at home.

In Rockville,

Maryland,

a 19-year-old man died Wednesday in an apartment complex, according to police.

Historic floods in New York

"We are experiencing a historic meteorological event

with record-breaking rains throughout the city, with brutal flooding and dangerous road conditions," De Blasio tweeted Wednesday night, declaring a state of emergency in the city.

State Governor Kathy Hochul also declared a state of emergency, allowing for state aid and city airports.

LaGuardia and JFK suffered flight disruptions.

Practically all the subway lines were suspended when it was flooded by floods and

waterfalls that fell both from the stairs of the stations

and from the roofs of the tunnels, once again highlighting the significant deterioration of the infrastructure.

At least 17 trains were trapped.

More than 3 inches of rain fell over Central Park in an hour,

according to the National Weather Service.

At least six deaths confirmed after Hurricane Ida passed through Louisiana

Sept.

2, 202100: 43

The weather service retweeted a video from Brooklyn showing cars driving through water that looked like a river with an urgent warning: "This water is too deep to go through."

"This is like a swimming pool"

Deborah Torres, who lives on the first floor of the building where three people died in a basement in the New York neighborhood of Queens, said the water filled her apartment up to her knees.

"The water pressure was so fast and strong that I think they couldn't open the door in any way because this is like a swimming pool," he said.

"I don't know how it happened. It was so fast," he exclaimed.

New Jersey

The governor of the neighboring state of

New Jersey

, Phil Murphy, also declared a state of emergency, while Newark International Airport canceled all its flights and the region's rail service suspended almost all of its services.

"Stay off the roads, stay home and stay safe,"

the governor asked.

[Family displaced by Hurricane Ida in Louisiana seeks refuge amid COVID-19 spike]

A severe storm hits Times Square, New York, on September 1, 2021.Tayfun Coskun / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

At least one tornado struck the Mullica Hill community, according to meteorologists, and at least nine homes were destroyed, according to NBC Philadelphia.

[Hurricanes Ida and Katrina have many similarities.

But experts point to a key difference in its impact]

Tornado in pennsylvania

The National Weather Service confirmed that there was at least one tornado in southern New Jersey, just outside the city of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania.

Videos on social media showed debris everywhere in the streets and roofs completely ripped from houses.

Ida caused countless school and business closures in Pennsylvania.

About 150 state highways were closed and many smaller ones were impassable.

Some 18,000 homes were without power, including about 12,000 in the central state.

With information from NBC News, EFE and AP.

Source: telemundo

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