Giant components of the US have been devastated by Hurricane Ida that swept by means of the nation on 29 August. Extreme climate has continued to trigger flooding in areas like New York Metropolis and the Nationwide Climate Service issued its first-ever ‘Flash Flood Emergency’ warning for the world.
The Climate Service added on Twitter: “This explicit warning for NYC is the second time we’ve ever issued a Flash Flood Emergency (It’s the primary one for NYC). The primary time we’ve issued a Flash Flood Emergency was for Northeast New Jersey an hour in the past.”
New York mayor Invoice de Blasio declared a state of emergency on Wednesday night time 1 September, saying “We’re enduring an historic climate occasion tonight with record-breaking rain throughout the town, brutal flooding and harmful situations on our roads.”
The dying toll is at present six.
The storm surged with sustained winds of over 240km per hour. In keeping with World Imaginative and prescient, the storm developed within the Caribbean Sea on 26 August 26 earlier than hitting Cuba with ‘roof-ripping drive’ on Friday, August 27.
After making landfall within the US, it continued alongside the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and New York.
Knickerbocker Avenue in Brooklyn
New York Metropolis #Ida
pic.twitter.com/zAQ8kIIDi4— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) September 2, 2021
twenty eighth St & 7 Ave subway station (Chelsea, Manhattan) pic.twitter.com/2q4UQRIhm0
— Christiaan Triebert (@trbrtc) September 2, 2021
De l’eau jusqu’au genou dans cet immeuble à Woodside, Queens, New York suite aux pluies torrentielles provoquées par la tempête tropicale #Ida. #HurricaneIda #TropicalStormIda #NewYork pic.twitter.com/z9xX94jC2i
— Antoine Llorca (@antoinellorca) September 2, 2021
Image: Screenshot from Twitter