Heavy rains in New York and New Jersey kill at least 23

EFE.- At least 23 people, including a 2-year-old boy, have died as a result of the strong storms that raged in the last hours the states of New Jersey and New York, on the east coast of the United States, according to police sources reported this Thursday.

In New York City, almost a dozen deaths are registered at the moment, according to the New York police, while there are 14 deaths in the nearby state of New Jersey, according to the mayor of the city of Passaic, Héctor Lora.

The storms are part of the remnants of Hurricane Ida which, already degraded to a storm, has crossed the eastern part of the country since it entered the state of Mississippi and Louisiana, where it caused severe flooding and at least six deaths.

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New York announced in the early hours of the morning the state of emergency after the northeastern region of the United States registered heavy rains and winds from the remnants of Hurricane Ida, causing significant flooding.

In New York City, virtually all subway lines were suspended after being flooded by water that fell as much by the stairs of the stations as by the ceilings of the tunnels.