The news update about the remnants of Hurricane lda in New York is that the flash flood has killed 44 people overnight in New York.
Flash flooding was caused by the remnants of Hurricane ldain the New York City, 44 people died in the flash flood overnight into Thursday. Dead also includes those perished in the basements of the buildings as the “historic” weather event occurred. Officials declared it as an event of climate change.
After a record rainfall in the New York City, an unprecedented warning of flash flooding was issues to the city. The rainfall turned the city streets into rivers. Subway services shut down due to cascading water down platforms onto tracks.
MetodijaMihajlov, a Manhattan restaurant owner, told AFP that he is 50 years old and he hadn’t seen this much rain ever in his life. He said the rain was like tropical rain that falls in the forests. It seems like living in the jungle. He finds everything strange this year. The basement of his restaurant has been flooded to 3 inches in water.
This weather event has caused hundreds of flights cancelled at several airports including LaGuardia, JFK and Newark. A video has been releases showing an inundated terminal by rainwater.
Joe Biden, President, says “we are all in this together”. He has a visit to the Southern State of Louisiana, the region where this lda hurricane has destroyed several buildings and affected more than a million houses. There also has been a disconnection of power.
Flash flooding has caused closing of major roads of New Jersey and districts of New York. The roads are closed in Manhattan, Bronx, and Queens. It forced fire department to rescue hundreds of people out of flood.
Governor Phil Murphy reported death of at-least 23 people at the New Jersey while most of the death occurred when they got trapped in their vehicles.
State of Connecticut, a neighboring city, recorded one death. Thirteen people died in the New York City and 11 out of them were those could not escape from the basement. The police reported that victims of flood include people of two years to 86 years old.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a lawmaker, tweeted “Among the people MOST at risk during flash floods here are those living in off-the-books basement dwellings that don’t meet the safety codes necessary to save lives”. She added that most of at risk belong to working class, low-income families or they are immigrants.
A local official confirmed the death of three in the New York suburb of Westchester while death of four in Montgomery County outside Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. Thelda hurricane wave previously caused heavy destruction in the north after Louisiana over the weekend. It brought severe tornados and flooding in the region.
New York Mayor, Bill de Blasio, said “We’re enduring an historic weather event tonight with record-breaking rain across the city, brutal flooding and dangerous conditions on our roads” on Wednesday.
The National Weather Services issued an emergency warning after heavy rainfall, calling residents to move to higher level. NWS recorded 3.15 inches (80 millimeters) of rain in just an hour in Central Park.
