EFE.- At least 23 people, including a 2-year-old boy, have died as a result of the strong storms that intensified in the last hours the states of New Jersey and New Yorkon the east coast of the United States, police sources reported Thursday.
In New York City, almost a dozen deaths are registered at the moment, according to the New York police, while there are 14 deaths in the nearby state of New Jersey, according to the mayor of the city of Passaic, Héctor Lora.
The storms are part of the remnants of Hurricane Ida, which, already downgraded to a stormhas traversed the eastern part of the country since entering Mississippi and Louisiana, causing severe flooding and at least six deaths.
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New York announced the state of emergency in the early hours of the morning after the northeastern region of the United States recorded heavy rains and winds from the remnants of Hurricane Ida, which caused significant flooding.
In New York City, virtually all subway lines were suspended when flooded by water that fell both by the stairs of the stations and by the ceilings of the tunnels.
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“We are experiencing a historic weather event with record-breaking rains throughout the city.with brutal flooding and dangerous road conditions,” New York Mayor Bill de Blasio warned on social media.
Both de Blasio and New York State Governor Kathy Hochul noted that in a few hours much more rain fell than expectedwhich has left the region in a “bad situation”.