Hurricane Ida: Death toll in New York mounts to 46
New York Hurricane Ida: The death toll from the remnants of Hurricane Ida has increased to 46 on Thursday local time in the United States.
This comes after New Jersey announced that at least 23 people have died in the state. According to CNN, Governor Phil Murphy said that the majority of the deaths have occurred as people, who were caught in their car, and were "overtaken by the water."
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Officials said many people were unaccounted for. "We're going to withhold a complete rundown of the blessed losses of life. They are spread across a handful of counties, largely concentrated -- not entirely -- but largely concentrated in central Jersey and a few in the north," Murphy said in an evening update.
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Dozens of people have died in six Eastern states -- Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia -- after the storm brought unprecedented rainfall to some areas.
The death toll included a state trooper in Connecticut who has swept away as he responded to a missing person's call.
On Thursday, water rescues continued in some areas, and in New York City a new task force was going to homes to make sure there weren't more victims in basements.
In southern New Jersey, residents were cleaning up from a tornado that flattened homes, one of eight twisters that hit the Northeast.
On Wednesday, the US had deployed thousands of National Guard troops to aid first responders by rescuing trapped victims, clearing roads and distributing food and water in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida.
-PTC News
