Ida's remnants cause major flooding in Northeast, killing 8

The remnants of Hurricane Ida blew into the northeast connected Wednesday nighttime and caused the deaths of 8 radical arsenic historical rains led to municipality flash floods successful New York City and surrounding areas.

The NYPD confirmed the deaths of 7 people connected Wednesday night, portion 1 further decease was caused successful New Jersey. Those 8 deaths bring Ida's decease toll to astatine slightest 12, though officials successful Louisiana and Mississippi expect that fig to proceed to emergence successful the coming days.

Videos shared connected societal media amusement h2o roaring down New York City subway presumption steps and onto tracks. Other videos showed subway riders standing connected seats successful a bid that had been flooded with water. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has since suspended each work amid the flooding.

Highways starring successful and retired of New York were besides flooded, leaving motorists stranded successful their cars.

Among the 7 radical killed successful flooding successful New York City connected Wednesday see a 50-year-old man, a 48-year-old pistillate and a 2-year-old antheral who were each recovered astatine the aforesaid residence connected 64th street.

Across the Hudson River successful Passaic, New Jersey, officials confirmed that a idiosyncratic was killed erstwhile their car was caught successful floodwaters.

The remnants of Ida besides sparked what are believed to beryllium tornadoes successful the Philadelphia area. The National Weather Services says "a confirmed ample and highly unsafe tornado" touched down successful Woodberry Heights, New Jersey. Video taken from Burlington Township, New Jersey, located conscionable extracurricular of Philadelphia, shows the enactment of funnel clouds.

Thousands of radical successful the Mid-Atlantic are presently without power. According to PowerOutages.us, astir 100,000 customers successful Pennsylvania are without electricity, successful summation to astir 60,000 successful New Jersey, 42,000 successful New York and 17,000 successful Connecticut.

In the south, betterment efforts from Ida are already underway, though overmuch is near to beryllium done. Lights were turned on successful immoderate areas of New Orleans connected Wednesday, though 900,000 customers are inactive without power.

Officials judge it could instrumentality weeks for immoderate successful the authorities to person energy restored to their homes. In the meantime, officials are asking those who evacuated to enactment away.

President Joe Biden is expected to sojourn the New Orleans country connected Friday to circuit the damage.