“State Of Emergency” In New York Battling Flooding Caused By Storm Ida
New York, United States: New Yorkers have been flooded with Flash floods and thrills from Thursday, while the IDA storm has raised havoc in the northeastern United States, forcing airport closures and The state of emergency statements in their state and new state jersey.
Ida slammed in the southern state of Louisiana over the weekend, bringing serious floods and tornadoes while that it flamboyant a trail of destruction to the north.
The Governor of New York Kathy Hochul said the state of emergency as the remains of the storm caused massive floods in the United States’s financial and cultural capital, leaving the Brooklyn and Queens districts flooded by the deluge.
“Take shelter now. Flying debris will be dangerous for those who are taken homeless. Go to a lower floor and stay away from Windows,” Tweeted the New York Emergency Notification Body.
Hundreds of flights were canceled near Newark, Laguardia and JFK airports and floods closed major routes through the districts of the metropolis, including Manhattan, Bronx and Queens.
The city published earlier a rare Flash flood warning, urging residents to move to a higher level.
“The floods of important and threatening flash of life probably live from the mid-Atlantic in the south of New England,” the National Meteorological Service in a newsletter, adding three to eight inches of rain that can hunt the region until the region ‘Thursday.
In Annapolis, 30 miles (50 kilometers) of the US capital, a tornado torn trees and spilled electrical poles.
The floods elsewhere in the Maryland killed a 19-year-old man and left another missing person after a building was flooded on Wednesday, bringing the number of deaths from IDA to seven.
Threat of persistent tornado
The NWS warned the threat of tornadoes would focus, the Tornado watches in place in areas of southern Connecticut, northern New Jersey and South New York.
“It’s extremely dangerous and potentially mortal flooding Flash in course in Somerset County, as well as others in the region,” the NWS account of the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area tweeted on Wednesday, as well as a video of A car trapped in scratching water.
IDA should continue to smoke north and bring heavy rainfall on Thursday to New England, which has been struck by a rare tropical storm at the end of August.
US President Joe Biden should travel Friday to Louisiana, where IDA has destroyed buildings and left over a million homes without power.
Hurricanes are common in the United States, but scientists have warned an increase in cyclone activity while the ocean surface is warming due to climate change, which is a growing threat to communities. coastal world.
