Cleanup and mourning continue after Ida soaks Northeast US | Loop Cayman Islands - Loop News Cayman

Danny Hong shows where the water reached up to him as he shows the damage in his basement apartment on 153rd Street in the Flushing neighbourhood of the Queens borough of New York, Thursday, September 2, 2021, in New York. The remnants of Hurricane Ida dumped historic rain over New York City, with at least nine deaths linked to flooding in the region as basement apartments suddenly filled with water and freeways and boulevards turned into rivers, submerging cars.(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

The cleanup — and mourning — continued Friday as the Northeast US recovered from record-breaking rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Ida.

At least 46 people in five states died as stormwater cascaded into people's homes and engulfed automobiles, overwhelming urban drainage systems never meant to handle so much rain in such a short time.

The toll was highest in New Jersey, where 23 people perished in heavy rains late Wednesday and early Thursday. A majority were people who drowned after their vehicles were caught in flash floods, some dying in their submerged cars, some getting swept away after exiting into fast-moving water.

Floodwaters and a falling tree also took lives in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and New York. In New York City, 11 people died when they were unable to escape rising water in basement apartments.

Authorities said the work of searching for possible victims and identifying the dead wasn't over.

Work also continued to haul away ruined cars, clean mud and debris...



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