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Governor Hochul declares emergency after storm Ida wrecks New York

US President Joe Biden will travel to Louisiana, where Ida destroyed buildings

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul, on Wednesday, declared a state of emergency after the northeast United States was wrecked by Storm Ida. Flights were cancelled, roads were flooded and Metropolitan Service Authority announced that transportation would be shut down, Mayor Bill de Blasio, in a tweet declared a state of emergency.

“We're enduring an historic weather event tonight with record-breaking rain across the city, brutal flooding and dangerous conditions on our roads,” he wrote. Storm Ida also slammed the southern state of Louisiana bringing severe flooding and tornado. In New York, Queens and Brooklyn were badly hit. Flights were cancelled at Newark, LaGuardia and JFK airports.

All major roads across multiple boroughs including Manhattan, The Bronx and Queens were closed off. The subway stations were flooded too. The National Weather Service announced that the threat of tornadoes would linger and tornado watches were on in parts of southern Connecticut, northern New Jersey and southern New York. 

Ida is expected to continue steaming north and bring heavy rainfall on Thursday to New England. US President Joe Biden will travel to Louisiana, where Ida destroyed buildings and left over a million homes without power, an AFP report reads. At least one person has been reported dead. New Jersey Mayor Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency as well. Mayor of Passiac city in New Jersey Hector C. Lora declared a state of emergency too.

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