New York woke up stunned on Thursday, hit by torrential rains and sudden, historic flooding, killing at least 44 across the region as the remnants of Hurricane Ida passed through which wreaked havoc in the South and North. Eastern United States.
Flooded cellars, public transport still blocked and a dramatic toll, New Yorkers were in shock Thursday in the face of the damage from a night of deluge that surprised and paralyzed the American megalopolis after the passage of the post-tropical cyclone Ida . Streets, avenues, expressways were suddenly turned into torrents, both in the neighborhoods of Brooklyn and Queens and in Westchester County, north of the city.
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The lights of Times Square in New York are reflected in the stagnant water on Thursday, September 2, 2021. – CRAIG RUTTLE/AP/SIPA
New York woke up stunned on Thursday, hit by torrential rains and sudden, historic flooding, killing at least 44 across the region as the remnants of Hurricane Ida passed through which wreaked havoc in the South and North. Eastern United States.
Production : Olivier JUSZCZAK
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Cars force their way through flooded streets caused by flash floods from the remnants of Hurricane Ida, in the New York City neighborhood of Queens, NY, September 1, 2021. – ANTHONY BEHAR / SIPA
Streets, avenues, expressways were suddenly turned into torrents, both in the neighborhoods of Brooklyn and Queens and in Westchester County, north of the city.
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A person rides a bicycle on a flooded street in the Ditmas Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. – STEPHEN LOVEKIN/SIPA
These remnants of post-tropical cyclone Ida, which ravaged the Louisiana coast of New Orleans last weekend, caused flooding that crippled the American megalopolis.
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Heavy rain in Midtown East in Manhattan on September 1, 2021. – JERRY LAI/USA TODAY/SIPA
Hundreds of flights have been canceled at New York’s Newark, LaGuardia and JFK airports.
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A person makes their way through the precipitation of the remnants of Hurricane Ida on September 1, 2021, in the Bronx neighborhood of New York City. – DAVID DEE DELGADO/GETTY IMAGES/AFP
In the middle of the night, the new governor of the State of New York, Kathy Hochul, had declared a “state of emergency” following the “major” floods in all the border counties of the city, potentially affecting some 20 million. inhabitants.
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A homeless man stands outside the door of a grocery store during flash flooding caused by Storm Ida in the Queens neighborhood of New York, NY, September 1, 2021. – ANTHONY BEHAR / SIPA
According to the NWS, this state of emergency due to flash floods is a first in the history of the megalopolis, already hit in October 2012 by Hurricane Sandy.
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People stand inside a subway station as water flows during flash flooding caused by Storm Ida in the Queens neighborhood of New York, NY, September 1, 2021. – ANTHONY BEHAR / SIPA
Despite the prevention messages from the authorities in the evening, families found themselves tragically trapped in their homes by the water.
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Flood waters cascading down the steps of the subway as the remnants of Hurricane Ida bring three inches of rain per hour through the city in New York’s borough of Queens, NY on September 1, 2021. – ANTHONY BEHAR / SIPA
The gigantic New York subway system was at a standstill Thursday morning, after many stations flooded.
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A tree uprooted in Central Park after a night of heavy wind and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on September 2, 2021 in New York City. – SPENCER PLATT/GETTY IMAGES/AFP
The NWS, the US weather service, recorded an all-time high of 80mm of rain in one hour in Central Park.
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Cars are moved on September 2, 2021 to McCarren Park in Brooklyn after flooding and heavy rains from Tropical Depression Ida flooded New York City. – RYAN MILLER/USA TODAY/SIPA
