'It's all trashed everywhere': Residents of New Jersey community assess the damage after Storm Ida

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Physically, financially, psychologically, the extreme weather is testing communities and families in the New Jersey town and across eastern parts of the US.

The family only moved here eight months ago. The house is gutted. The living area, which is raised a couple of metres from the ground was itself under more than a metre of water."We couldn't see that window yesterday," Zeb Shah said, pointing to an upper floor window of his parents' house.Mr Shah runs a limousine business in New York City. His cars are parked outside and all will have to be written off.We passed Jeffrey Leiton with a pickup truck full of bottled water.

This state suffered the worst death toll, with at least 25 dead. At least 62 died across eight states as Ida pushed north and east this past week.Macaro's Iron Works is a fencing company that is now ruined "The whole business, everybody. We have got over 80 employees over here, you know. So just devastated," owner Ralph Macaro said."No. Just memories. That's it. That's all you're gonna save now."

 

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