Some 1.2 million power outages persist in the United States in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, which brought floods and other carnage to the US east coast.
After striking Louisiana’s coast on Sunday afternoon, Hurricane Ida made its way to the US states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. The massive storm’s 150-mph winds “tied it with other previous hurricanes as the fifth strongest hurricane to ever hit the United States’ mainland”, according to USA today, prompting the Biden administration to compare it to Hurricane Katrina.
The death toll from rainstorms and floods due to Hurricane Ida in the northeastern United States rose to more than 40, The Guardian reported citing local authorities.
The National Hurricane Center warned of the possibility of “significant and life-threatening flash flooding”.
According to local authorities, the most recent deaths were mostly registered in the states of New Jersey and New York: 23 and 15, respectively. Five more deaths have been reported in Pennsylvania and one each in Maryland and Connecticut.
On 1 September, New York announced a catastrophic flash flood warning due to heavy rains.
More than 1 million residents of Louisiana and Mississippi still remain without power.
At least 9 people died after the remains of Hurricane #Ida flooded NYC & the surrounding area:
-NYC saw more rain Wednesday than in a month
-The National Weather Service issued NYC’s first flash flood emergency
-Subway service was suspended, travel ban issued until Thursday a.m. pic.twitter.com/NrdNbC6dKQ— AJ+ (@ajplus) September 2, 2021
Life threatening flash flooding is taking place in Eastern PA, New Jersey and New York City with many counties under flash flood emergencies. The remnants of former Hurricane Ida have dumped 6-10" of rain across a widespread area. pic.twitter.com/PaEHxRRiIj
— Dan Henry (@Fox4Weather) September 2, 2021
this flooding in New York is wild – there's a "flash flood emergency", the first one ever in NYC, with something like 10cm in rain an hour from Hurricane Ida. Much of the city seems like it's underwaterpic.twitter.com/Vyes4KcCdG
— Josh Butler (@JoshButler) September 2, 2021