On the northeast coast of In the united states, some people were trapped in flooded basements of their
homes. This new extreme weather the infrastructure is threatened, eight people
have died in the new york city area from the flooding and the other takeaway. Thousands
of people who are without power as across the east coast corridor flooding
especially with a river is that rivers burst their banks and the effects for a
while flash flooding here in new york city is receding.
The governors of new york and new
jersey declared a state of emergency and new york city mayor bill de Blasio
called it a historic weather event the u.s national weather service said At least seven centimeters of water had fallen in an hour in new york central park
almost doubling in the rainfall record starting. Floating the streets of new
york as the city was hit by the fury of storm ida roads turned into rivers as
the city was deluged with rain at least one body was pulled from a vehicle that
was swept away the city's subway network forced to a standstill as looked like
waterfalls submerged platforms tracks and trains play was interrupted.
Weather events become more frequent and
more severe because there's more moisture in the air because the seas are
warmer than new york city is incredibly vulnerable it is indeed and this
wind-driven rain and the flooding levels much greater we're seeing buses almost
submerged on Staten Island and there are extraordinary scenes also in the city
of Philadelphia and people are being rescued from their cars and the national
train service Amtrak has had to suspend its train service between Philadelphia
and Boston this is a major artery on the east coast.
To everyone who is still in harm's way and for all those struggling to deal with the aftermath of the storms and fires, keep the faith. We’re going to stand with you for as long as it takes to recover and rebuild.
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The flood warning came in didn't
prevent being caught in the storm it literally was torrential coming down from
left to right several cars had been abandoned sort of owners
trying to get out. The state is still reeling from the impact it's since been
pushing up across the east of the country. The water at one point was probably
up to two or three feet in the bus itself, the water was coming through in
neighboring new jersey planes were grounded overnight conditions too dangerous
to fly Ida hit Louisiana as a category 4 hurricane.
The subway was virtually at a
standstill just beginning to come back and people literally having to bail
themselves out laura from Philadelphia emergency workers outside. People
trapped inside their homes and people also don't have electricity and other
electrical items so quite devastating there the emergency workers outside a
window and appears to be people trapped inside the home.
A tropical storm still causing the destruction there have been several deaths in new york city the mayor has
declared a state of emergency for what he called a historic weather event which
brought brutal flooding to the city. The mayor declared a state of emergency
here at 11 30 night, he described it as brutal flooding it was the remnants of
hurricane Ida which pummeled the Louisiana coast at the weekend we're expecting
storms here on the east coast this flash flooding and for the first time ever
in the history of new york city. The weather service declared a flash flooding
emergency.
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