Catastrophic Flooding Kills At Least 20 in New York Area

The New York City metropolitan area was struck by sudden disaster on Wednesday night as the remnants of Hurricane Ida flooded subways, roads, and homes. At least 20 people were killed across the region, from Queens to Pennsylvania. Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency and has asked for federal help for the worst natural disaster to strike the area since 2012’s Superstorm Sandy. Below are updates from the storm.

Hochul cited the “record-shattering” rainfall, which deposited 3.15 inches of rain in Central Park in a single hour, breaking a record that was set barely two weeks ago. “That says to me that there are no more cataclysmic, unforeseeable events,” Hochul said. “We need to foresee these in advance and be prepared.”

Senator Chuck Schumer was also in attendance, saying they will “do everything we can” to get the federal aid that’s needed. Schumer was blunt, directly tying the storm and its aftereffects to climate change. “Global warming is upon us. When you get two record rainfalls in a week, it’s not just coincidence,” he said, urging Congress to pass infrastructure and related spending legislation to build more resilient infrastructure and combat climate change.

Part of the reason is the intensity of the rainfall over a short period of time. 3.15 inches of rain fell on Central Park in one hour, demolishing the hourly record set just days before during Tropical Storm Henri. And that wasn’t the only record set in the region. On CNN, straphangers described being stuck far from home in the Times Square station with no other means home after the city ordered all non-emergency vehicles off the roads until 5 a.m.

draiochta14 prayers for all who died and May God be with their loved ones

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