Death toll rises after Ida’s remnants hit Northeast

NEW YORK — The remnants of Hurricane Ida dumped historical rainfall implicit the tri-state area, with astatine slightest 9 deaths linked to flooding successful New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania arsenic basement apartments abruptly filled with h2o and freeways and boulevards turned into rivers, submerging cars.

At slightest 9 deaths were reported successful New York City and New Jersey. A New York City constabulary spokesperson says a full of 8 radical died erstwhile they became trapped successful flooded basements. Officials extracurricular of Philadelphia reported “multiple fatalities,” saying nary further details were instantly available.

Water poured into New York City subway tunnels arsenic catastrophic flooding, which scientists person warned apt volition beryllium much communal with man-made planetary warming, came to America’s largest city.

Major flooding on the Schuylkill River swamped highways, submerged cars and disrupted commuter obstruction work successful the Philadelphia area. In a tweet, metropolis officials predicted “historic flooding” connected Thursday arsenic stream levels proceed to rise.

The rainfall ended by daybreak Thursday arsenic rescuers searched for much stranded radical and braced for perchance uncovering much bodies.

“We’re enduring an historical upwind lawsuit contiguous with grounds breaking rainfall crossed the city, brutal flooding and unsafe conditions connected our roads,” New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said portion declaring a authorities of exigency successful New York City precocious Wednesday.

Subway stations and tracks became truthful flooded that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority suspended each service. Videos posted online showed subway riders lasting connected seats successful cars filled with water.

Janno Lieber, the CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, said astatine slightest 17 trains were stranded betwixt stations overnight. All of the riders were evacuated safely, helium told TV presumption NY1 connected Thursday.

The toll Ida has taken successful the U.S. besides included astatine slightest 2 tornadoes successful the mid-Atlantic wherever homes were present rubble successful Mullica Hill, New Jersey, conscionable extracurricular of Philadelphia. Police successful Connecticut are investigating a study of a idiosyncratic missing owed to the flooding successful Woodbury.

At slightest 1 decease was reported successful New Jersey arsenic Passaic Mayor Hector Lora said a 70-year-old antheral was swept away.

“His household was rescued, they were each successful the aforesaid car. Unfortunately, the car was overtaken by the waters, and the firefighters who were being dragged down nether the conveyance were incapable to get him out,” Lora told WCBS-TV.

Authorities were trying to corroborate astatine slightest 1 different decease successful the city.

Heavy winds and drenching rains collapsed the extortion of a U.S. Postal Service gathering successful New Jersey and threatened to overrun a dam successful Pennsylvania.

In New York, the rainfall brought proscription successful ample parts of the bustling metropolis to a halt. Officials banned question for each but exigency vehicles until aboriginal Thursday. FDR Drive successful Manhattan, and the Bronx River Parkway were nether water. Garbage bobbed successful the h2o rushing down streets. Some subway and obstruction work had resumed Thursday morning.

Among the different deaths reported successful New York City, a 48-year-old pistillate and a 66-year-old antheral died aft being recovered astatine abstracted residences, and a 43-year-old pistillate and a 22-year-old antheral some died aft being recovered wrong a home. Causes of decease and identifications were pending.

The National Weather Service bureau successful New York issued its first-ever acceptable of flash flood emergencies successful the portion Wednesday night, alerts lone sent successful the astir unsafe conditions.

An exigency was issued Aug. 22 successful Waverly, Tennessee, erstwhile flooding successful the municipality and surrounding region killed 20 radical aft the rainfall successful 1 time shattered the authorities record.

That was the commencement of a deadly 2 weeks crossed the nation. Wildfires are threatening Lake Tahoe, Tropical Storm Henri struck the Northeast and Ida struck Louisiana arsenic the fifth-strongest tempest to ever deed the U.S. mainland, leaving 1 cardinal radical without power, possibly for weeks.

Rescues took spot each implicit New York City arsenic its 8.8 cardinal radical saw overmuch worse flooding than from Henri.

The National Weather Service recorded 3.15 inches (8.91 centimeters) of rainfall successful New York’s Central Park successful 1 hr Wednesday night, acold surpassing the 1.94 inches (4.92 centimeters) that fell successful 1 hr during Henri connected the nighttime of Aug. 21, which was believed astatine the clip to beryllium the astir ever recorded successful the park.

In neighboring New Jersey, Gov. Phil Murphy declared a authorities of exigency successful each 21 counties, urging radical to enactment disconnected the flooded roads. Meteorologists warned that rivers apt won’t crest for a fewer much days, raising the anticipation of much wide flooding.

“There’s a batch of wounded successful New Jersey,” Murphy told ABC’s “Good Morning America” connected Thursday arsenic helium discussed harm caused by flooding successful the bluish portion of the authorities and tornadoes successful the confederate portion of the state.

Newark International Airport unopen down Wednesday nighttime arsenic videos showed h2o rushing done a terminal. The airdrome was allowing constricted flights Thursday morning. Officials said 370 flights person been canceled truthful far.

Amtrak work was canceled betwixt Philadelphia and Boston.

At slightest 220,000 customers were without powerfulness successful the region, with astir of the outages successful New Jersey and Pennsylvania. More than 35,000 customers were without powerfulness Thursday greeting successful New York City, Long Island and its bluish suburbs.

Southern New England awoke Thursday to inundated roads, commuter delays and an ongoing flash flood warning. A conception of Route 24 successful southeastern Massachusetts was unopen down due to the fact that of h2o connected the highway, and successful Portsmouth, Rhode Island, a roadworthy crumbled nether the onslaught of rain.

Parts of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, wherever 2,200 radical died aft a dam failed successful 1889, were evacuated for a clip Wednesday aft h2o reached unsafe levels astatine a dam adjacent the city. An authoritative said aboriginal Wednesday that the h2o levels adjacent the dam were receding.

Hurricane play successful the Atlantic Ocean is acold from over. Tropical Storm Larry was strengthening and moving rapidly westward aft forming disconnected the seashore of Africa earlier Wednesday. Forecasters predicted its winds would rapidly intensify to 125 mph (201 kph) by Tuesday, but stay good distant from land.

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Scolforo reported from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. AP writer Ryan Kryska successful Hoboken, New Jersey, and Jeffrey Collins successful Columbia, South Carolina, contributed to this report.