At least 8 people have died in New York after the city was inundated by flash flooding, police said Thursday.
AFP | Angela Weiss
New York state governor Kathy Hochul declared an emergency as the remnants of the storm caused massive flooding in the country's financial and cultural capital, leaving the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens badly hit.The Bronx borough of New York City has been inundated with rainState governor Phil Murphy has also declared a state of emergency in neighboring New Jersey, where CNN reported at least one person was killed in the city of Passaic, bringing the confirmed death toll from Ida to 16.
As footage showed cars submerged on streets across the city, authorities urged residents not drive on flooded roads. "Significant and life-threatening flash flooding is likely from the Mid-Atlantic into southern New England," the NWS said in a bulletin, adding that three to eight inches of rain could drench the region through Thursday.
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