Dramatic images from New York - state of emergency declared VIDEO / PHOTO

The New York area was hit by the remains of Hurricane "Ida on Thursday morning. Floodwaters halted road, train, and air traffic in New York and New Jersey, leaving behind death and material damage in several U.S. federal states.
Nine people were killed in New York, while 14 more bodies were found in New Jersey. The death toll continues to rise, and authorities say people were killed mostly in basements. Among the victims was a two-year-old boy whose lifeless body was found in the apartment together with a 50-year-old man and a 48-year-old woman, NBC reports.

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Some of them remained stuck in flooded basements in New York's Queens district, which were illegally converted into apartments.
A tornado in southern New Jersey razed houses to the ground. More than 200.000 homes in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania were left without electricity, and a state of emergency was declared throughout the region.
Hundreds of people were evacuated from trains and the subway, and emergency services had their hands full rescuing people stuck from flooded houses and car roofs.

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The flood that hit New York and the surrounding area broke the records set by the tropical storm "Henry" only 11 days ago.
Climatologists announce that frequent strong storms will be a new normality - warmer air retains more water and allows storms to gather strength faster and become bigger. Airports were opened, but hundreds of flights were canceled. Rescue continued on Thursday morning local time, and river levels in New Jersey and Pennsylvania are still rising.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio described the situation on Wednesday night as a "historic catastrophe", and the National Meteorological Service issued an alarm and...

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