Floods and tornadoes killed at least eight people while Ida ravaged the northeast

A 45-year-old woman and a 22-year-old man from the 183rd Street area died, the CNP told CNN. In a different location in Queens, near Grand Central Parkway, a 48-year-old woman died due to flooding in her home, the NYPD said.

A 50-year-old man, a 48-year-old woman and a 2-year-old male child were pronounced dead at the site of their 64th Street residence after New York agents arrived who responded to a 911 flood call and they found them. unconscious and unanswered, police said.

In Brooklyn, a 66-year-old man was found dead in his flooded home near Ridgewood Avenue by a police officer, the department told CNN.

New York establishes a travel ban for non-emergency vehicles

Ida’s remains flooded the tri-state region.

Central Park in New York and Newark, New Jersey, both set record amounts of daily rainfall Wednesday. A National Meteorological Service report placed rainfall in Central Park at 7.13am, “breaking the old record of 3.84” set in 1927. New Jersey’s largest city received 8.41 “of rainfall, surpassing the old record of 2.22 “set in 1959.

The city’s subway system stopped except for two lines due to the flooding, which left many people stopped and uncertain about how they would get home.

Some were idling subway near Times Square around 1:20 a.m. after traveling from the American Open tennis tournament in Queens. Videos from the station showed a waterfall coming out of the roof of the train car and reaching people trying to get out, as well as a drink kiosk circling around.

When water gushed into the stations, the first lifeguards have been evacuating people from the trains, MTA President and Chief Executive Officer Janno Lieber said in a statement.

The city also instituted a travel ban for all non-emergency vehicles until 5:00 p.m.

“We’ll have a few hard hours until the rain gets out of here. I want to urge everyone to move tomorrow, not to get into a street, a road, a road with a lot of accumulated water. That can be super dangerous.” said New York Mayor Bill de Blasio Wednesday night.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said the flood level was much higher than anyone expected.

“We can take all the precautions in advance and deploy our assets to be on the ground in advance, but Mother Nature will do whatever she wants and tonight she is very angry,” Hochul told Don Lemon on CNN. “We have to be prepared to clean up tomorrow. I will be on site in the morning to make sure this goes well, but right now we are in a very dire situation.”

Tornado touches South Jersey

In neighboring New Jersey, the body of a 70-year-old man was recovered from the flood after his vehicle was trapped in running water, Passaic Mayor Hector Lora told Don Lemon of the CNN channel.

Firefighters were swept under the vehicle, making it nearly “impossible” to reach the man, Lora said.

Firefighters were able to rescue two other individuals in the vehicle, according to the mayor.

Many cities in the North Jersey area reported massive flooding, damaging homes and businesses and forcing drivers to abandon their cars. In Clifton, a fire ambulance was seen submerged in the flood waters along with several submerged vehicles.

In southern Jersey, a tornado fell on Mullica Hill, about 25 miles from Philadelphia. In two videos, wreckage can be seen twisting in the tornado.

“I had just left the gym and headed to the same shopping area for a small sandwich maker. I parked my car and called my husband to see if he wanted me to take food home,” Kristi Johnson said. who recorded the videos and shared what he witnessed with CNN.

“While I was on the phone, I looked out the driver’s window and saw the clouds and swirling debris flying towards me. I rolled the window down and it looked like a train was coming. I hung up my husband and started to get away from her. It was extremely terrifying. “

Meanwhile, Newark, the largest city in the state, recorded Wednesday as the wettest day of all time. And in Trenton, the state capital, officials advised residents of the island’s neighborhood to evacuate Thursday at 8 p.m.

41 passengers got off the Pennsylvania school bus

The anger of Ida’s remnants was felt in other states before the New York region exploded.

In Pennsylvania, the storm had caught a school bus in the waters of Shaler township. The school district and the local volunteer fire company confirmed that 41 passengers were rescued from the bus.

The video shows a team of at least four people walking along the water almost to the waist to help passengers board a small boat. The rescued students were safely taken to high school, the Shaler Area school district said.

With a return clock and flood emergency, Gov. Tom Wolf encouraged residents to stay home Wednesday and take the storm seriously.

In Maryland, Ida’s downpour flooded an apartment complex, leaving one person dead and another missing.

Firefighters and rescuers evacuated dozens of people from the Rock Creek Woods apartment complex in Rockville, officials said Wednesday. According to police, after the storm 50 apartments were hit and 12 were flooded.

A 19-year-old man was found dead, but the cause of death has not been confirmed, Montgomery County Police Department Chief Information Officer Casandra Durham told CNN. Three people and a firefighter were taken to hospitals in the area for life-threatening injuries.

The rest of the residents were taken to a local recreation center where the Red Cross and Montgomery County health and human services were meant to help.

A tornado also touched down in the state, according to Bud Zapata, a public information officer for Annapolis firefighters.

The tornado was reported to have hit a primarily commercial area of ​​Annapolis. No injuries were reported, but some private residences were damaged and there is an active gas leak in the area. Firefighters, police and other agencies are assessing the damage, Zapata said.