Of the 46 killed, 16 died in New York state. In New York City alone, firefighters rescued hundreds of people from vehicles on flooded roads and hundreds more from the subway system, the city fire department said Thursday.ġ3 killed in NYC, many of them in basements in Queens, officials say “These storms are coming more frequently and with more intensity, so there’s no denying it,” Murphy said.Įmergencies were declared for New York state, New York City and New Jersey. Murphy said storms like Ida reflect climate change realities and the need to address it. “It’s never flooded like this, it’s never rained like this,” Murphy said, adding that state officials will do an investigation into the storm and their response. Murphy called the flooding that impacted New Jersey “historic by any measure.” “I would urge people to stay home, check on your neighbors, make sure they’re OK,” she said. Kathy Hochul told CNN that the state is used to disasters but this would be a massive cleanup. Harrison said there were 18 water rescues at the US Open tennis site in Flushing. “I’ve lost everything in here and mostly the lives out there… we need some support … this is too much for us. “I can’t think anymore about how I feel at this point because of the chaos outside, my neighbors, there’s loss of life,” she told CNN. “I didn’t expect it to be this severe I would not have left my house.”Īmrita Bhagwandin’s home in Queens flooded. “(I’ve seen) nothing like this,” she told CNN on Thursday morning.
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NYPD Chief of Department Rodney Harrison said Thursday that 835 people were rescued from the subway system.Īfter Hurricane Ida, here's how to get help and stay safe in the difficult weeks aheadīeverly Pryce, a nurse from Queens, was among those who stayed overnight in a Manhattan subway station, having left her home Wednesday night to go to work, only for the flooding to bring everything to a standstill. In New York City, first responders rescued commuters from halted subway trains Wednesday night, while other travelers were stranded overnight in subway stations, some sleeping on benches with service suspended and no way to get to their destinations. “There’s a lot of damage, and I made clear to the governors that my team at … FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) is on the ground and ready to provide all the assistance that is needed,” President Joe Biden said. In Pennsylvania alone, thousands of rescues are believed to have happened so far, state emergency management Director Randy Padfield said.
Rescuers navigated boats through flooded streets Thursday morning in and around Philadelphia, northern Delaware and parts of New York state, ferrying people from flooded homes. In the Philadelphia area, some streets were swamped, delaying the city’s rail and bus services, closing city buildings and prompting leaders to urge people to work from home. New York declares a state of emergency as the Northeast is slammed by flooding from Ida's remnants (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Drew Angerer/Getty Images The remnants of Hurricane Ida spawned a tornado that touched down in Annapolis, Maryland on Wednesday afternoon. In southern New Jersey, residents were cleaning up from a tornado that flattened homes, one of eight twisters that hit the Northeast.ĪNNAPOLIS, MD - SEPTEMBER 01: Comcast utility workers survey the damage from a tornado on West Street in Annapolis, Maryland on September 1, 2021. On Thursday, water rescues continued in some areas, and in New York City a new task force was going to homes to make sure there weren’t more victims in basements. LIVE UPDATES: Ida triggers massive flooding The death toll included a state trooper in Connecticut who was swept away as he responded to a missing person’s call. They are spread across a handful of counties, largely concentrated – not entirely – but largely concentrated in central Jersey and a few in the north,” Murphy said in an evening update.ĭozens have died in six Eastern states – Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia – after the storm brought unprecedented rainfall to some areas. “We’re going to withhold a complete rundown of the blessed losses of life. Phil Murphy said the majority of the deaths were people caught in their vehicles by flooding and were “overtaken by the water.” Officials said many people were unaccounted for. The death toll from flooding after the remnants of Hurricane Ida pummeled cities in the East rose sharply to 46 on Thursday after New Jersey announced at least 23 people had died there.
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