At least 64 people have died in the US after the country’s northeastern states were battered by record-breaking rainfall brought by Storm Ida. The deaths include at least four people who died from carbon monoxide poisoning in Louisiana, two dead in Mississippi after torrential rain caused a highway to collapse, and a number of people
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The death and destruction caused by Storm Ida is a reminder that “the climate crisis is here” and “we must better prepare,” US President Joe Biden has said. The flooding caused by the storm has killed at least 25 people in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, including a two-year-old boy, NBC reports. States of
A state of emergency has been declared in New York City as the remnants of Hurricane Ida sweep through the region. A state of emergency was also declared by New Jersey governor Phil Murphy. At least one person has drowned, with the city and parts of New Jersey and Connecticut under a flash flood warning.
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