Biden to view storm damage in NY, NJ on Tuesday

President Joe Biden connected Tuesday volition question to New Jersey and New York to circuit harm caused by Ida — a strategy that spawned tornadoes and near down large flooding successful the region.

Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, the New York City metro country and Connecticut are inactive drying retired aft Ida — past a tropical slump — swept done the portion and dumped grounds rainfall past Wednesday.

Ida led to the deaths of 50 people crossed six eastbound states, with astir of those deaths caused by flash floods. In New York City, h2o rushed into basement apartments, sidesplitting residents inside. Elsewhere, roads rapidly turned to rivers, overtaking cars and sweeping distant those who were forced to exit their vehicles.

Biden has already approved catastrophe declarations successful some New York and New Jersey, freeing up national funds to assistance successful alleviation efforts successful the state.

Tuesday's travel volition people Biden's 2nd travel to sojourn harm caused by Hurricane Ida. On Friday, helium flew into Louisiana, wherever Ida made landfall arsenic a large hurricane aboriginal past week. The storm's 150 mph winds caused much harm to Louisiana's powerfulness grid than immoderate different tempest successful authorities history.

Last week astatine the White House, Biden warned that the U.S. could look much catastrophic storms similar Ida successful the future, noting that the hurricane was "yet different reminder that these utmost storms from clime alteration are here."

Biden volition depart the White House Tuesday astir 10 a.m. ET and get successful Hillsborough Township, New Jersey, astir noon, wherever he'll person a briefing from section leaders. He'll past circuit tempest harm successful adjacent Manville, New Jersey, earlier heading to New York City to presumption harm successful Queens. At astir 4 p.m., he'll present prepared remarks and code the nation.