President Biden declares a state of emergency in New York after “historic” rains on Long Island

After last week’s heavy rains, New York will receive additional federal aid after President Joe Biden approved an emergency declaration for the state.

Federal aid is expected to be provided Help people recover from devastating storms and flash floods last week in the tri-state area, causing the death of two women in Connecticut and millions of dollars in material losses.

In New York, the north coast of Suffolk County was the hardest hit. There, floods displaced hundreds of people from their homes between Sunday night the 18th and Monday the 19th, and washed away a road in Stony Brook. Smithtown and Brookhaven were also damaged, he said. Daily News.

Biden’s statement authorized the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) “to coordinate everything relief efforts in the event of a disaster to reduce the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency to the local population and provide adequate assistance to save life, protect property, public health and safety and to to reduce or avoid the risk of disaster.”

New York’s governor said the storms caused several rescues from raging waters and dam breaks, resulting in the National Weather Service (NWS) to declare the first flash flood emergency in Suffolk County history.

The governor Kathy Hochul explained how it happened “a one in 1,000 year rain event”and on Friday he declared a state of emergency for the affected area and apply for federal aid after more than 9.4 inches of rain fell in western Suffolk County.

More than 2,000 residents and business owners were damaged, and Commack and East Setauket suffered “multiple sinkholes,” as well as Trees were down and more than 70 structures were severely damaged or destroyedaccording to the government.

“When there is a tragedy like this and the roads disappear, we can Army Corps of Engineers come here so we can rebuild and get everybody back to normal,” said State Senator (R) Mario Mattera ABC News.

Last night it rained again in NYC and More rain is expected tomorrow, Wednesday and the rest of this week, the last of the summer holidays before returning to school on September 5th.

Weather updates can be found here and on the portal of the National Weather Service (NWS-NY). no longer details here of the forecast in New York and Jersey counties and on this page NBC News Weather.